> From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:06 PM > Can someone tell me what enterprise resource planning (ERP) > software does? It is comprehensive software that runs all of a companies operations from A/R to Manufacturing to Distribution and anything and everything in between. > Are there any specific instances of this software for Linux? There are at least a couple projects on sourceforge that someone pointed out to me when I said, I didn't think this would be the type of software that would pop up in open source, but alas, I don't remember the names of the projects. > 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. :-) Lots of players already - SAP, Oracle, Bonn(sp), Agilysis, etc. The place to make money is as business analysts. So if you're an accountant/business type with some computer skills you can make a buck. These are the type of software installations/implementations that take companies years. A lot of the consultants come from the big accounting firms, AA, PWC, KPMG, etc. The articles are correct, a lot of money is being spent here, a company cannot put in one of these (as they exist today) without looking somewhere in 7 to 8 figures land. IPC 2002