<s>
Compiere	B-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
KOM-pyeh-reh	O
,	O
"	O
to	O
accomplish	O
,	O
complete	O
,	O
fulfill	O
"	O
in	O
Italian	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
ERP	O
and	O
CRM	O
business	O
solution	O
for	O
Small	O
and	O
Medium-sized	O
Enterprises	O
(	O
SME	O
)	O
in	O
distribution	O
,	O
retail	O
,	O
service	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
is	O
distributed	O
by	O
Consona	O
Corporation	O
and	O
through	O
a	O
Partner	O
Network	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
trained	O
and	O
authorized	O
business	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Jorg	O
Janke	O
and	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
projects	O
in	O
SourceForge	O
from	O
2002	O
for	O
4	O
years	O
,	O
reaching	O
one	O
million	O
downloads	O
and	O
100	O
partners	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
commercial	O
ventures	O
built	O
around	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
contention	O
between	O
company	O
management	O
(	O
who	O
sought	O
to	O
monetize	O
the	O
investments	O
in	O
R&D	O
,	O
Services	O
and	O
Support	O
)	O
and	O
voices	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
(	O
who	O
desired	O
that	O
Compiere	B-Application
source	O
code	O
and	O
business	O
processes	O
remained	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
as	O
Adempiere	B-Language
at	O
that	O
moment	O
and	O
iDempiere	B-Language
some	O
years	O
later	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Consona	O
acquired	O
Compiere	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
are	O
provided	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2	O
;	O
this	O
comprises	O
the	O
Community	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
encompasses	O
ERP	O
functionality	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
duplication	O
of	O
information	O
and	O
fulfill	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
synchronization	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
organized	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
modules	O
are	O
:	O
Quote	O
to	O
Cash	O
,	O
Requisition-to-Pay	O
,	O
Customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
,	O
Partner	O
Relations	O
Management	O
,	O
Supply	O
Chain	O
Management	O
,	O
Performance	O
Analysis	O
,	O
Warehouse	O
,	O
Double-entry	O
bookkeeping	O
,	O
Work-flow-Management	O
and	O
Web	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Model	B-Architecture
Driven	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
development	O
,	O
deployment	O
and	O
maintenance	O
framework	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
following	O
changes	O
as	O
business	O
evolves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
provides	O
multiple	O
views	O
of	O
business	O
information	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
detail	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
since	O
information	O
is	O
presented	O
as	O
views	O
(	O
using	O
Compiere	B-Application
's	O
MVC	O
architecture	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
is	O
entirely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Active	O
Data	B-Application
Dictionary	I-Application
(	O
ADD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
Data	B-Application
Dictionary	I-Application
contains	O
definitions	O
of	O
a	O
data	O
entity	O
(	O
type	O
,	O
validation	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
has	O
been	O
developed	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
not	O
being	O
a	O
pure	O
open	O
source	O
product	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
dependence	O
on	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
(	O
including	O
the	O
free	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
XE	O
)	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
changing	O
now	O
,	O
since	O
version	O
2.5.2	O
Compiere	B-Application
is	O
database	O
independent	O
to	O
some	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
released	O
a	O
Database	O
Kit	O
for	O
porting	O
Compiere	B-Application
to	O
multiple	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
Sybase	B-Application
ports	O
are	O
in	O
Beta	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
run	O
under	O
the	O
Firebird	B-Application
database	I-Application
using	O
the	O
Fyracle	O
extensions	O
,	O
without	O
porting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Database	O
Kit	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
database	O
the	O
ER/Box	O
project	O
provides	O
an	O
integrated	O
all-Java	O
,	O
all	O
open	O
source	O
Compiere	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
database	O
port	O
ER/Box	O
is	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
on	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiere	B-Application
also	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
alternative	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
,	O
EnterpriseDB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
