[PLUG] OS inventory system?

[Beldon Dominello <beldon@speakeasy.org>]

I'm doing volunteer work for a small museum with big dreams.  The Vintage 
Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut has an admirable collection of 
antiques and such, and has just bought an 85,000 sq. ft. space to display it 
in.

The trouble is they have no computer system.  The inventory that exists was 
only done for the purpose of weight calculation (for the move) on an Excel 
spreadsheet.  The two computers that we do have are running pirated versions 
of Windows and Office.

In an effort to get us into compliance, leverage the hardware we have (nothing 
better than a PI-233), and do so legally within our budget I have started a 
program to convert at least the network and servers to Linux.

The trouble is, there is a rather old gentleman who has begun the project, who 
places his hopes in a proprietary program called Past Perfect 
(http://www.museumsoftware.org) which is windows-only, and neither web nor 
even client/server capable.  Not to mention expensive.

We are ordering an evaluation copy, at his insistence, to see the 
functionality and if we (meaning I) can develop something similar on an 
open-source basis.  The functionality I've seen is pretty simple-- an 
inventory system with pictures.  Hell I could probably use the Northwind 
sample database that comes with Access as a template.  But my question 
(finally) is this:  Is there an open-source, web or client/server based 
inventory program that anyone knows of?

I haven't checked Sourceforge or Freshmeat yet, because I wanted to get 
recommendations from people who have been exposed to the products.  I would 
also consider a web-enabled proprietary product.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

	-Beldon
	 http://www.nationalcommunicationsmuseum.org

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DISCLAIMER - This text was written on the road and may contain errors of fact,
tact, and decency due to the cumulative effects of cabin fever, emotional
displacement, and restaurant food.


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