From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anonymus Subject: Org-Mode as core-modul of an open-source Emacs-ERP Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44661 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OzMiE-0007nw-AO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:50:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzMiC-00017C-S2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:50:14 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:47588) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzMiC-00016x-GA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:50:12 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzMi4-0006Vy-4f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:50:04 +0200 Received: from e178056248.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.56.248]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:50:04 +0200 Received: from weissnichtwas by e178056248.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:50:04 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I recently discovered Emacs as a great tool for almost everything, not easily accessible, but with incredible depth. I will have to fight the steep learning curve for many more month to become something like a routine Auctex, ESS, ECB, GNUS, ORG ... user, to name just a few. However, the newcomers view is sometimes fresh and unconventional, and I would like to present an idea I had after getting an overview of Emacs powers. I'm interested in open source ERP (Enterprise Ressource Planning) software. There is an emerging market for free ERP software services with great potential, since nowadays SAP, Oracle and Microsoft earn a lot of money with high licence fees in this sector. The most popular Open Source ERP is OpenERP (with quality-focussed fork Tryton), both written in Python as GUI-based Client Server (Web-)Applications on top of a Postgres DB. OpenERP has a lot of quality problems, 500 modules but some are just crap and don't even work. There is quit a lot of marketing going on, but the software often cannot stand up to the hype. The main modules of OpenERP are: -CRM (Customer Relationship Management) -Purchase -Manufacturing -Warehouse Management -Project Management -Accounting -Human Resources Now in Emacs, there is similar functionality (and much more of course): -Accounting: Ledger -Warehouse Management: Ledger (same double entry accounting principle) -Project Management: TaskJuggler, Org -CRM (Customer Relationship Management):Org, BBDB -Human Resources: Org, BBDB -Purchase ? -Manufacturing ? In addition, Emacs is one of the preferred tool for scientists, programmers and writers. More or less all the Functions of a typical ERP can be realized with Emacs, and many smart individuals merge all this power-modes to one incredibly productive work environment. What is missing (in my eyes) is something like an erp-minor-mode that glues the scattered emacs modes together to an fully integrated ERP system, that works out-of-the-box without weeks and month of websearching, downloading and configuration. This could be called a "verticalization" of Emacs for the use as an ERP software. erp-mode would need a completly new menu based on the ERP functionality listed above, and it would be nice to have two flavors (something like SuSi-ERP = 'Super Simple ERP' and xPro-ERP = 'Extreme Productivity ERP'), the first with very reduced funcionality/keymap. Org-Mode would of course be the core of an Emacs ERP, and it alone probably has almost all the needed functionality. It has to be a client/server- application, and collaboration is very important (version control). USP would be extreme productivity, very stable environment, no vendor lock in (textfiles) etc. Buisiness model is consulting, integration, customization, training (!) and SaaS, like always. Targetgroup would be small to medium companies and organizations which are dominated by highly qualified personnal (IT, Research, Finance, Securities...), all sectors where expert users (statisticans, programmers etc) could be early adopters and multipliers. I feel that Emacs/Org is an extremely good product with almost zero marketing (just the opposite to some of the other products on the market). May be there is just a little glue code necessary and one would have by far the best ERP System on the market, and people could start consulting-services/-companies around Emacs-ERP/Org and actually earn money with it. Lots of money, like SAP- consultants today. Imagine a company where everybody, from the accountant to the analyst and programmer uses emacs, some only 2%, others 80% of the functionality. extremely productive and competitive, and all the knowledge is in the house. Just my 2 cents (ok, 20 cents ....)