History: Why Not
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We routinely get questions about why a component is picked or not picked for WikiSuite. When a component has a direct alternative, it will be explained on a page such as Why Openfire. But in some cases, the potential app doesn't line up neatly with what we picked. This page is to explain.
SuiteCRM
SuiteCRM is a software fork of the popular customer relationship management (CRM) system from SugarCRM. The SuiteCRM project started when SugarCRM decided to stop development of its open-source version. The base SuiteCRM application is built on the last open-source SugarCRM release. SuiteCRM is a greatly extended version of SugarCRM which also contains many additional security fixes that are not available in SugarCRM.
SuiteCRM has tons of features that are geared towards the CRM use case.
We don't add to WikiSuite because there would be way too much overlap, and it would add complexity. Pretty much all these features are either
- available in Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
- easily configurable via http://tikitrackers.org/
- and the few features that are missing, let's add them
And we could collaborate with them on software libraries and emerging standards.
Odoo
Why not use Odoo for the Accounting functionality of WikiSuite? Please see WikiSuite vs Odoo.