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wanna help for inventory management software designing?

Actually i m abt to start designing a professional inventory mgmt software for a export firm n i want to know on which operating system shud i start with n php and mysql are better option to take thm as front end and back end? r they open source .after designing the software ,can i sell it in the market without aquireing any license.plz suggest me .

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1. mySQL and PHP should be an OK choice for developing the system. This will run on Windows and LInux fine. You would be able to sell your PHP code and database structure if you wanted because you aren't actually selling the PHP or mySQL apps. Your best bet would probably be to lincense the software once developed to other companies. You could manage the app on a server, and install/customize for an upfront fee, then charge a monthly fee. That way you aren't giving them your source code which they could take and do anything they want with.
2. If you are still at this stage, I think you have a huge learning curve for this undertaking. I hope you are technically oriented and are a fast learner. Which systems to use depends mostly on who you are designing this system for and what system they are using. The primary choices are ASP (for Microsoft Windows system) or PHP (for *nix system), although Cold Fusion is also a possibility. Personally, I would use a *nix (unix, linux or whatever) system with PHP and MySQL and yes, they are all open source. You can still develop and test your system on your local Windows machine with the appropriate software (I use Sokkit, but there are many others), but your actual deployed system should be on a *nix system. Yes, if the work is all your original work, you can market it assuming the user provides the operating system and database system. But I think you will have lots of competition. Check out SourceForge to see if there are similar systems under development, and also search for commercial systems that you would be competing with.