What are the pros and cons for running IS4C?
• You have complete control of everything – data and code. You can customize at will, create any kind of features and subsystem tailored to your needs, overnight. You can create any report you need as long as you arrange for what you need reported to be tracked. It offers you a level of freedom and versatility that you can not get from a proprietary system. This is not merely theoretical, but is being done on a regular basis, non-stop at all the co-ops using the system. At the Wedge, having the versatility to do as we wish, being able to “turn on a dime”, alone, trumps all the concerns below. • You can integrate the system with any other database system that offers you administrative access. The original motivation for creating the system was complete, realtime data integration within the organization. • It is free. • It is developed specially for co-ops and the features already built in are those most needed by co-ops. • In my biased view, it is stabler and better than the other POS s
