Editing Compiere (section)

{{Short description|Open-source enterprise resource planning solution}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Compiere
| caption = Compiere ERP
| screenshot =
| developer = [[Consona Corporation]]
| latest_release_version = 3.3
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2009|3|24}}
| operating_system = [[Unix-like]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]]
| license = GPL or Proprietary
| website = 
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'''Compiere''' (pronounced KOM-pyeh-reh, "to accomplish, complete, fulfill" in Italian) is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] and [[Customer relationship management|CRM]] business solution for [[Small and Medium-sized Enterprise|Small and Medium-sized Enterprises]] (SME) in distribution, retail, service, and manufacturing. Compiere is distributed by [[Consona Corporation]] and through a Partner Network, who are a collection of trained and authorized business partners.

Compiere was founded in 1999 by Jorg Janke<ref>[http://www.accorto.com/about/management.html Jorg Janke] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306035906/http://www.accorto.com/about/management.html |date=2015-03-06 }}</ref> and was among the top 10 projects in SourceForge<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/compiere/ Sourceforge]</ref> from 2002 for 4 years,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=29057&ugn=compiere&type=&mode=alltime |title=Sourceforge statistics for Compiere |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604231934/http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=29057&ugn=compiere&type=&mode=alltime |archivedate=2011-06-04 }}</ref> reaching one million downloads and 100 partners in 2006.

In 2006, Compiere, Inc. raised venture capital from [[New Enterprise Associates]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.compiere.com/news-events/press-releases/2006/06-20.php|title= Press Release|publisher= Compiere|date=20 June 2006|accessdate=22 June 2010 }}</ref> with the goal of transforming the successful open-source ERP project into a growing and sustainable commercial open-source business. In 2007, the company added new executives, revamped engineering and support processes, and expanded its sales and services channels.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.compiere.com/news-events/press-releases/2007/03-13.php|title= Press Release|publisher= Compiere|date=13 March 2007|accessdate=22 June 2010 }}</ref> The Compiere product line expanded to include Professional, Enterprise, and Cloud Editions while the company continued to maintain the open-source foundation as Community Edition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.compiere.com/news-events/press-releases/2009/10-07.php|title= Press Release|publisher= Compiere|date=7 October 2009|accessdate=22 June 2010 }}</ref>

Like many commercial ventures built around open-source projects, there was a degree of contention between company management (who sought to monetize the investments in R&D, Services and Support) and voices from the community (who desired that Compiere source code and business processes remained free and open as Adempiere at that moment and iDempiere some years later).  On June 16, 2010, Consona acquired Compiere, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed
.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.consona.com/news/compiere-acquisition.aspx|title=Press Release|publisher=Consona|date=16 June 2010|accessdate=22 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722135529/http://www.consona.com/news/compiere-acquisition.aspx|archivedate=22 July 2010}}</ref>

The application and [[source code]] are provided based on the [[GNU General Public License]] version 2; this comprises the Community Edition. Also available for a fee is a Professional Edition with more features, a commercial license, documentation and support contracts.