Yeah - sorry.  I see your focus is more on the CRM piece of this.
I was speaking to the ERP component of your question.  I'd be
more willing to consider something like Sugar CRM for that
functionality...  Thanks for the link.  I'm going to look more
closely at that.

-Rob

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Kris Browne <kris.browne at gmail.com> wrote:

> CRM is one of the markets where open source community versions, with
> commercial support available, is a really popular option. SugarCRM (
> http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/) is routinely rated among the best CRM
> packages around and that's been their business model.
>
> Kris Browne
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>
> "the least expensive, most bug-free line of code is the one you didn't have
> to write." - Steve Jobs
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 21:15, Robert Nesius <nesius at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just wanted to say my company uses Microsoft Dynamics Nav,
>> and having seen what an ERP system can mean to a business
>> I don't think I'd use one that didn't have a vendor behind it with
>> a long-term support horizon.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Donovan <dniesen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody out there using a CRM or ERP system for tracking customers,
>>> jobs/cases/projects and possibly light financial (invoicing and
>>> payments) that they like?  Something open source and customizable
>>> would be great but it's not a limiting factor by any means.
>>>
>>> We had been working on making a customized version of SugarCRM work
>>> for our business but the workflow involved seems much more complicated
>>> and tedious.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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