If you are a classic GoldMine user you know already that classic GoldMine prior to 7.0 will not run on Vista or Windows 7. Windows doesn’t allow you write to files in the Program Files directory. You either pay up the Waszuuu for a new version of GoldMine or you can’t upgrade your OS. One of our clients was told by GoldMine they had to pay back maintenance fees in order to even talk about adding one more user. Lame…

One feature of Windows 7 is you can use something called “XP Mode” which allows you to spin up a XP Instance to run legacy applications. This works through Virtual PC which is free for Windows 7 and the XP license is also free for Windows 7 users. It will support USB devices and everything. Starting to feel like Christmas right?

You can upgrade to Windows 7 and still run class GoldMine. Doug over at Castell Computers can hook you up if you want to go that route. If you are not looking for a web based client Eagle CRM offers a great inline upgrade option for old GoldMine users. What does Voodoo CRM offer for GoldMine users who want to upgrade to a smart client or web based CRM option. Voodoo CRM is based on SugarCRM but written in Microsoft.Net. It means you get the best tools but still using an open source platform which keeps your software costs down to virtually nothing.

Then if you need customization we can do that for you a low rate even if it requires custom coding and integration with your existing systems. No large project required we can do it peace meal 10 hour block at a time until your system is lean mean and saving you money and time. Up to 10 users no maintenance fees or extra licensing BS. 

I worked for GoldMine for 3 years and really enjoyed working there. Once the owners sold out it went all down hill from there. Similar thing happened with Home Depot once the founders were out it became all about squeezing the cash out of the company then selling out. I was on the Titan team for CRM 4.0 but the product was pretty lame and over engineered. It can’t even do what GoldMine 2.5a for Windows 3.11 could do. Plus the costs are prohibitive. If you really want Microsoft CRM you can host a use offsite for about 30 dollars a month but to get the full package it’s about 80 a month per user. Where as VoodooCRM is only 19 dollars a month per user and it comes with the source code.