The GNU BIS Open Source CRM application
[Posted September 18, 2003 by cook]
| From: |
| Nelson Ferraz <nferraz@gnubis.com.br> |
| To: |
| lwn@lwn.net |
| Subject: |
| PR: Open Source CRM |
| Date: |
| Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:12:27 +0200 |
GNU BIS releases a free, open source, web based Contact Relationship
Management application.
The CRM market is expected to hit $17.7 billion by 2006, growing at an
average annual rate of 6.7 percent, according to a new report by
Aberdeen Group. The CRM spending by small and medium-size businesses is
expected to exceed that of larger enterprises.
While traditional proprietary software vendors are expected to come out
with subscription models, the new system by GNU BIS is available under
the GNU GPL licence, offering freedom to run, copy, distribute, study,
change and improve the software.
"Everyone is free to build upon this project, in the same way we did
with other open source projects, like Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL and
Perl" says Nelson Ferraz, the project's main developer.
Users are free to redistribute copies, either with or without
modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to
anyone anywhere.
More information can be found at SourceForge.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnubis/
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Thanks in advance,
Nelson Ferraz