Centric was recently renamed to Concursive (www.concursive.com), and it's not going to run well on a laptop. It's still a fairly simple install if you have basic Java skills (you have to build it from source to use the AGPL version), but it's still a web-based server, not a client application. I don't think any full CRM will run well on a laptop, since they all want to be a web service, and running a server on a laptop is not a good idea (not to mention the privacy/goodwill nightmare a lost laptop would cause). If you're really trying to do this on a laptop, a SAAS solution (like salesforce.com) is going to be a MUCH better choice, since then it doesn't matter what you access the service with, and you don't need to worry about a theft or loss of the laptop taking a big chunk of your business (and all of your customer trust) with it. The per-user costs for a small business are lower, on an annual basis, than the cost of a server, backups, etc... If you insist on keeping the entire business contact list on a laptop (what business is this, so I can avoid ever giving them any of my information?), then it sounds like what you might want is an advanced contact manager, not a full CRM. There are a few simple contact management systems incorporated into the KDE and Gnome desktops, but I still haven't found anything that can compare to the proprietary ACT! for this use-case, unfortunately. The closest would be the Golden Rules Organized (http://www.golden-rules.org/), which is free-as-in-beer, but NOT open source. Trent Shipley wrote: > I'm thinking that for this "CRM" running on a laptop and saving data in > Access or SQL Server Lite (or > > HSQL database engine or "touchless" MySQL) would be appropriate, so J2EE > is a bad sign right there. > > > Is it reasonable for a user with decent user level skills and a laptop > to use Centric CRM? > > > > Joshua Zeidner wrote: > >> I've used Centric CRM. Its an option if you have J2EE skills. Its >> architecture is more flexible than SugarCRM. The SugarCRM project is >> really dominated by the SugarCRM corporation so you're not really >> going to get the FOSS experience there. >> >> There's also VTiger which was an early fork of SugarCRM. >> >> http://www.ohloh.net/p/vtiger >> >> -jmz >> >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >>> Well i found a link on making Worpress a kind of lightweight CRM: >>> http://chasesagum.com/using-wordpress-as-a-lighweight-crm >>> >>> There there is this Project useing sql lite and PHP: >>> http://code.google.com/p/crm-light/ >>> >>> And there ther is this thing i found as well: >>> http://www.simplecustomer.com/ >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:38 AM, wrote: >>> >>>> SugarCRM is the first I ran across. My first impression was that it would be too big to use for this job. >>>> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Eric Cope >>>> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:57:55 >>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list >>>> Subject: Re: itsy bitsy CRM .. open and free >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >