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

[Paul]

Richard Lyman wrote:

> Paul wrote:
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>> Richard Lyman wrote:
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>>> Paul wrote:
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>>>> Joe acquisto wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
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>>> original poster didn't say it was 'visual foxpro'.
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>> Yes he did say that. Check the indent levels above to see OP is Joe
>> acquisto.
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> yep, i somehow skipped over that part.  more coffee!

Sometimes more coffee is what makes me skip over things