<s>
Odoo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Belgian	O
suite	O
of	O
business	O
management	O
software	O
tools	O
including	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
CRM	O
,	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
billing	O
,	O
accounting	B-Application
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
warehouse	O
,	O
project	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
inventory	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Odoo	B-Application
experience	O
which	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
Belgium	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
Fabien	O
Pinckaers	O
announced	O
that	O
moving	O
forward	O
Odoo	B-Application
will	O
make	O
all	O
applications	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
in	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
,	O
making	O
Odoo	B-Application
an	O
unparalleled	O
suite	O
of	O
70+	O
integrated	O
business	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Community	O
version	O
is	O
a	O
libre	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPLv3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
has	O
proprietary	B-Application
extra	O
features	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
framework	O
and	O
core	O
ERP	O
modules	O
is	O
curated	O
by	O
the	O
Belgium-based	O
Odoo	B-Application
S.A.	O
Odoo	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
on-premises	O
and	O
ready	O
to	O
use	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
OpenObject	O
framework	O
and	O
the	O
core	O
ERP	O
modules	O
are	O
provided	O
by	O
Belgium-based	O
Odoo	B-Application
S.A.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
inception	O
,	O
Odoo	B-Application
S.A	O
(	O
formerly	O
OpenERP	B-Application
S.A	O
)	O
has	O
released	O
the	O
core	O
software	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
V9.0	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
transitioned	O
to	O
an	O
open	O
core	O
model	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
subscription-based	O
proprietary	B-Application
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
cloud-hosted	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
not-for-profit	O
Odoo	B-Application
Community	O
Association	O
was	O
formed	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
widespread	O
use	O
of	O
Odoo	B-Application
and	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
collaborative	O
development	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odoo	B-Application
's	O
extensible	O
architecture	O
allows	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
freelancers	O
and	O
organizations	O
to	O
develop	O
Odoo	B-Application
Apps	O
or	O
Modules	O
and	O
place	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
for	O
sale	O
or	O
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
Odoo	B-Application
components	O
are	O
the	O
framework	O
,	O
about	O
30	O
core	O
applications	O
(	O
also	O
called	O
official	O
modules	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
thousands	O
of	O
community	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odoo	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
university	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
study	O
on	O
experimental	O
learning	O
suggested	O
that	O
Odoo	B-Application
(	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
OpenERP	B-Application
)	O
provides	O
a	O
suitable	O
alternative	O
to	O
proprietary	B-Application
systems	O
to	O
supplement	O
teaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
books	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
about	O
Odoo	B-Application
,	O
some	O
covering	O
specific	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
accounting	B-Application
or	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Fabien	O
Pinckaers	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
and	O
current	O
CEO	O
of	O
Odoo	B-Application
,	O
started	O
to	O
develop	O
his	O
first	O
software	O
product	O
,	O
TinyERP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
OpenERP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
started	O
to	O
grow	O
quickly	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
OpenERP	B-Application
had	O
become	O
a	O
100+	O
employee	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
Odoo	B-Application
,	O
to	O
diversify	O
itself	O
from	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
ERP	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Magazine	O
placed	O
Odoo	B-Application
in	O
the	O
top	O
5000	O
fastest-growing	O
private	O
companies	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Odoo	B-Application
products	O
were	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
5	O
million	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odoo	B-Application
expects	O
to	O
hire	O
1,000	O
new	O
employees	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
CEO	O
Fabien	O
Pinckaers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Odoo	B-Application
has	O
received	O
several	O
recognitions	O
;	O
before	O
its	O
name	O
change	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
awards	O
as	O
OpenERP	B-Application
including	O
Trends	O
Gazelle	O
,	O
Deloitte	O
Technology	O
Fast	O
50	O
Award	O
and	O
the	O
InfoWorld	O
's	O
BOSSIE	O
Award	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
changing	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Odoo	B-Application
,	O
it	O
won	O
consecutive	O
BOSSIE	O
Awards	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
