[asterisk-users] SugarCRM, NO!, Foxpro, SI?

[Paul]

Joe acquisto wrote:

>Paul <ast2005 at 9ux.com> Wrote: 4/30/2007 8:53 AM:
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>>Joe acquisto wrote:
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>>>I have dual posted this to the user and biz lists.
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>>>Has anyone ever heard of someone running an Asterisk based system, yet 
>>>Has abandoning SugarCRM, and opting to develop their own Visual FoxPro 
>>>Has database/CRM?
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>>>Please don't dump on me now, this is not my idea, I am just asking for 
>>>Please comments, to see if my own initial thoughts are reasonably accurate.
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>>I'll answer it on the user list. I don't think the idea is developed
>>enough to discuss on biz.
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>>First - vtiger is available for those who don't like the SugarCRM 
>>licensing.
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>It's not a licensing complaint.  At least that has not surfaced.  It is more that the 
>programmer does not seem to be comfortable with SugarCRM, MySQL and php.
>Biggest compliant about sugar is - hard to configure, does not work with latest
>php. 
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>>Second -  developing your own CRM is an ambitious undertaking.  You need
>>good reasons to go in that direction.
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>>Third -  I have enough exposure to  Visual FoxPro to quickly rule it out
>>as  a choice for anything new. The fact that somebody is proposing to
>>use it might give you the idea that they don't know what they are
>>talking about at all. BTW - my exposure to it did include things like
>>access from linux apps using ODBC so I know enough to hate the product.
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It still makes me wonder why the programmer chooses Visual Foxpro.
Sounds like he also rejects many other language and database options.