for the community
Challenges & Opportunities
Prepared for:

The Story

A business application
(ERP&CRM)
Successful
(with customers stories)
OpenSource

The Market

USD 30 to 50 billion worldwide
Emerging countries
low adoption rates -20 % to 50%
2 digits strong growth projections

The Product

Complete functionality
Platform + application
Model Driven Architecture
Global-ready

The Experience

Business & Technical
+ 20 years
Passionate
150+ Customers

Compiere
&
SocrateOpen

Professional
Open Source

OpenSource Product
+
Professional Services
+
Coordinated Innovation

The Community

Existing users
+
Consultants
+
Developers
+
Promoters of open source

Expectations

To give feedback
(architecture, code etc.)
To contribute
(code, documentation, localization)
To give support

Opportunities

For Developers
Technology stack
CMS
....
For Consultants
Documentation
Integration projects
...

What we have now

The product
● Standard functionality
● Check the Vbox installation on the site
● User Documentation
● Source Code
● https:svn.bitsoftware.ro
● Contributions only by registration
Support
● Google groups
● Community site

The Business Model

Catallaxy
● katallasso’ (καταλλάσσω)
● to admit in the community
● to make friends
Science of Exchange
‘The order brought about by the mutual
adjustment of many individual economies in a market’
Friedrich von Hayek

Thank you
www.bitsoftware.ro
www.socrateopen.org