Thoughts Regarding Integration (was Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London)
От | Joshua Kramer |
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Тема | Thoughts Regarding Integration (was Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London) |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.4.63.0510110525140.7621@localhost.localdomain обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Feedback from LinuxWorld, London (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>) |
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Re: Thoughts Regarding Integration (was Re: Feedback
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Список | pgsql-advocacy |
Greetings, I usualy lurk but I have an idea here: On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Simon Riggs wrote: > to get other projects to say "Hey, lets use PostgreSQL, they don't just > make a good database, they listen to other projects". Something else that would encourage adoption: the ability for a project to become part of a Total Solution. I just proposed an article to Linux Journal about this yesterday. Basically, the more projects that use PostgreSQL, the more those projects can talk to each other. Here's an example: I am working on a project called LibreLex; basically, it's a complete OSS law office. I took a web-based GPL'd Law Office app (Knomos) and I am converting it from MySQL to PG. Once that is done, I will integrate it with Quasar Accounting - a GPL'd accounting application that uses PG as a backend. How will this integration work? I plan to create a set of triggers on the Knomos tables so that when they are updated, the Quasar tables are updated accordingly; so, for instance, when a lawyer records an event on his timesheet, this event will automatically propagate to the client's current invoice in Quasar. There are a number of other apps that could be combined in such a fashion: SugarCRM, Quasar Accounting, Open Realty, Knomos are just a few. Microsoft is touting "deep integration" of its office software so that there is no duplication of effort; data entered in one app will move to all affected apps. Consultants (or anyone else) using these kinds of mature Open Source apps can also have this kind of integration with a little bit of work - surely less work than the comparable Microsoft solution would cost in licensing. Integration is a way that OSS can be very competitive against Microsoft; and PostgreSQL is a way to achieve that integration. Thoughts? --Josh Resources: http://www.librelex.net http://www.linuxcanada.com http://www.knomos.org
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