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　　ERP and CRM Commercial Open Source Software from Compiere

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　　First Version

　　In 1999, Jorg started the development and in 2000 installed the first version of the software. This first installation was sponsored by Goodyear Germany. The pilot site has been in production since May 2000.

　　Compiere, the No.1 Open Source ERP & CRM business application announced Release 2.6.1 and Database Independence. With more than 1200,000 downloads and availability in over 15 languages, Compiere is used by small-and-medium sized enterprises worldwide.

Version	Release Date	Fixed Version
2.6.1	2007-05-07
2.6.0c	2007-03-23
2.6.0a	2006-11-03
2.5.3c	2006-09-11
2.5.3b	2006-02-24
2.5.3a	2005-11-07
2.5.3 Beta	2005-10-28
2.5.2e	2005-08-26
2.5.2e Beta	2005-08-05
2.5.2d	2005-06-02
2.5.2c	2005-05-09
2.5.2b	2005-03-11
2.5.2a	2005-02-27
2.5.2	2005-02-14
2.5.1g	2004-11-09
2.5.1f	2004-09-10
2.5.1e	2004-08-27
2.5.1d	2004-06-18
2.5.1c	2004-05-19
2.5.1b	2004-05-08
2.5.1a	2004-05-01
2.5.1	2004-02-17
2.5.0e	2004-01-29
2.5.0d	2003-11-06
2.5.0c	2003-09-06
2.5.0b	2003-08-14
2.5.0a	2003-07-22
2.4.4c	2003-05-03
2.4.4b	2003-04-29
2.4.4a	2003-03-19
2.4.4	2003-02-21
2.4.3c	2002-12-10
2.4.3b	2002-11-16
2.4.2d	2002-06-15
2.4.2b	2002-03-11
2.4.1	2001-12-10
2.4.0	2001-11-11