Dateline September 30 - Austin
As promised, here's Zippy's translation of the Info Week Article. Keep in mind, he's a slow typist (I had to spend a lot of time correcting errors.) and his concept of "timely" varies - typical dog, always chasing butterflies or chewing through a pair of really comfortable shoes instead of meeting deadlines.
For a more professional commentary on the Abacus deal - check out the Pervasive Press release.
Abacus Research ERP Software for Apple
Abacus discovers the Apple market, both server and client side as well as the iPhone.
The Swiss business application vendor Abacus Research today announced that the 2009 version of its ERP software will work in a pure Apple environment (availability scheduled for Fall 2009). In addition to a server side OS X version, Abacus adapted 450 modules of their ERP suite for Mac on the desktop. Close collaboration between Abacus and Pervasive Software resulted in PSQL being brought to the Mac OS X server, and the desktop modules were easily moved to the Mac because they were originally written in Java.
According to Abacus CEO Claudio Hintermann, this step towards Apple brings Abacus customers more freedom of choice – now they can choose between Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms. With this move, Abacus is reacting to changing markets and customer demand. The Mac version clearly provides an advantage when attacking the neighboring German market, since there’s definitely a lack of good ERP software on the Mac platform.