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Hi Janusz,

As you say in your post your knowledge of webERP is not current, and likewise my knowledge of FA is nowhere near as detailed as it is of webERP. There are some things in your list that webERP has had for a while, and some that webERP has that FA doesn't but aren't mentioned. This is why the original question really makes no sense. Features can change, whereas this post will remain as an historical record. If I was to list a feature that webERP has and FA doesn't, you may release that feature next week making this post nonsense. However a potential user may come along and read this post and believe that FA doesn't have that feature. The only way to do a feature comparison is to provide two links to the features sections on our websites.

The true difference between the two projects is one of development philosophies. This is why the original developers of OA (the father of FA) split from webERP. This was an amicable split, and webERP still has much code provided by those developers.

I have a great deal of respect for FA as a project, and have often urged people to look at it as well as webERP.

Ludo, you say that you will probably need a great deal of customisation to fit either project into your company. I have been implementing systems in companies for over 25 years and have never yet met a company that doesn't think its needs are special, and that a lot of customisation will be necessary. This is rarely if ever so. The skill in implementation is to see how a companies needs can be married with the softwares features. This is why good consultants can command high fees.

Thanks
Tim

First of all to avoid any confusion I am an admin on the webERP project, and do not speak in any way for the Front accounting project.

Both Front accounting and webERP are excellent projects and I can recommend both of them to you. They share some similarities, but also have enough differences to make it worthwhile having two projects.

It seems to me that you fall into a common misconception regarding open source projects, that in some way the developers should act as salesmen, and should sell the product to you. You say "What would be your reasoning for us to deploy/participate on development on FrontAccounting instead of those stated above", when you should be asking what your reasoning is for supporting either project. The code and the features are open for all to see, you should be deciding which project gives you what you want, and deciding how best you can help that project.

I do not see webERP and Front accounting as being competitors, rather we are partners in attempting to push forward the cause of open source erp solutions. I do not develop webERP to increase the number of users of the software, rather I am trying to develop the best erp software I can, and if I achieve that then the users will follow. I imagine the motives of the Front accounting developers are similar.

Open source being what it is, any developments you did for one project could be taken to the other one if they were a good enough fit anyway. My advice is to try both, and then get developing. There is nothing to stop you supporting both projects :-)

Tim

Joe, Thanks for that, I realised afterwards the post was appearing in the forums at https://frontaccounting.com/wb2/pages/forum.php which is where sourceforge directed me and not here. Its not imprtant, I had already implemented the change you have suggested anyway, and will restrict my future comments to here.

Thanks
Tim