GNU Enterprise Pro & Con

Pro

• Database agnostic - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, ...
• OS platform neutral - GNU/Linux, MS-Win32, ...
• Open standards - XML, SQL
• Open source & Free software - GNU General Public License (GPL)
• Economic - low barriers to entry, local economy
• Scalable design

Con

• Not mature - version 0.5.x, see case study
• Picky version dependencies - wxPython-2.4 not 2.5

Questions

• Performance of updates - does it check for unique keys when building SQL? What do other Forms tools do?
• Copyrights - is the form definition file considered a data file with respect to copyright, or might it be considered linked code, if it has code in triggers? Analogous to word processor macros? Usually moot in practice?