BOSS Company

2011

Change of copyright holder

In March 2011, BOSS. Human resources systems "became the copyright holder of the financial and management system" BOSS-Company, "which develops and publishes the basic version of the system. The rights to the system passed to "BOSS. Personnel systems "as a result of the purchase from the iT group of companies.

Publishing Distribution for Free Download

The Relational Programming company published in February 2011 on the rp-server.com website a distribution of the BOSS-Company financial and management system for free download. The fact of publication on a public resource is associated with an important event in the life of the product: the BOSS-Company system has acquired the status of free open source software. From the moment of publication, the system can be used by the community of users and developers of business applications "as is," as well as modified and distributed in any form without any licensing restrictions, the report of "Relational Programming" said.

BOSS-Company is a multifunctional system for automating tasks that arise at all stages of enterprise resource management. The first versions of the system were created in 1996-1997. on the basis of prototypes of disparate systems of the BOSS series (developed by subsidiaries of the ATI Group of Companies in the early 1990s). The system is implemented on the basis of RP Server, a platform for collective development and execution of SQL applications, belongs to the class of open systems, has a centralized nature of storing all components (data + logic + application interfaces), as well as a developed developer toolkit that allows you to modify the code of the current system "on the fly" or create fundamentally new applications, databases, projects, noted in "Relational programming."

An important feature of the system is the relative ease of implementation. In particular, if projects for the implementation of traditional systems last a year and a half, then for BOSS-Company under similar conditions this period is up to three to four months.

Architecturally, the system is made in the form of two components - the designer and its typical settings. The designer provides ready-made functionality, the code of which is available to all specialists involved in the implementation and maintenance of information systems. Using ready-made functionality, ready-made nomenclature directories, database, accounting registers, any developer can adapt the system to any specifics and rules for maintaining business procedures for accounting and operational accounting.

In turn, the settings on the basis of which the system operates in a specific enterprise are determined by the developer using the BOSS-Company system as a platform for implementation. The free version of the BOSS-Company system includes two standard settings designed to automate the accounting of fixed assets and inventory.

According to Relational Programming, the publication of the BOSS-Company financial and management system for free download is a planned event as part of the launch of the RP Server platform, a platform for collective development and execution of SQL applications.

The first versions of the system were created in 1996-1997. on the basis of prototypes of disparate systems of the BOSS series (developed by subsidiaries of the ATI Group of Companies in the early 1990s). As noted, BOSS-Company acquired the greatest fame in the banking sector: it was introduced in Gazprombank, Nomos-Bank and a number of other large banks in the country. At the same time, technologically unique projects in industry, government agencies, rail transport enterprises were carried out using the system, the BOSS company said. Personnel systems. "

In February 2011, the BOSS-Company system acquired the status of free and open source software and from the moment of publication can be used by the community of users and developers of business applications "as is," as well as modified and distributed in any form without any licensing restrictions.

In general, to the principles of distribution of the free ON BOSS-Company, which are fully confirmed by BOSS. Personnel systems, "includes: free use of software for any purpose; free study and adaptation of the software to the needs of the user (s) subject to open access to the source application code of the program; free distribution of software (for money or free of charge); Free software enhancements and publishing, including distribution of enhanced versions, with open access to the source application code.

According to the intention of the copyright holder, the return on investment in the development of the BOSS-Company product will be carried out on the basis of mechanisms typical of open source agreements. Firstly, the developer, his partners, as well as companies and specialists that do not have a commercial relationship with the developer, can provide services for the implementation and maintenance of the BOSS-Company system. Secondly, commercial settings of the BOSS-Company system can be sold. The free delivery includes the two most debugged settings (inventory accounting, asset accounting), the implementation of which is the least time consuming. However, there are already about ten more settings that are subject to sale both as commercial software components and as part of implementation services. In addition, the BOSS-Company designer will become a tool for partners to develop their own settings (typical solutions) that can be sold or distributed free of charge in any form convenient for developers, the BOSS company emphasized. Personnel systems. "