9 chances in 10 these are Mickeysoft applications much like a spreadsheet template with a little Baysean decision making trim to smooth the results. Doing something in Linux should be easy, but probably fits that "oh yeah, we do that too" category. Harris Corp used some elegant general-purpose decision making tools that were unix-based and had macro features to easily develop application-specific scenarios for the brain-dead in admin departments. This is not likely to be very useful for "intelligent" corporations, but it may serve as a good sanity check even for them. I'll be curious to see what some product descriptions have to say about ERP planning SW.. going to look. Where are your articles? Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Bob Tanner > > Can someone tell me what enterprise resource planning (ERP) > software does? > > Are there any specific instances of this software for Linux? > > I've read 5 articles saying this is where companys are going > to send their > money and I don't even know what it is. :-) >