title: Difficult choices for creating an ERP from scratch (with php ?)
body: <p>I'm currently trying to find the best solution/technology to build our ERP.
  Our line of work is very specific, no ERP on the market would fit our needs (or 50% of them), so we decided to go for an in-house solution.</p>
  
  <p>We were advised to choose a client/server solution (.net + WPF), but the result of the first delivery is below our expectations.</p>
  
  <p>We are currently thinking about starting over in php (with the same SQL Server Database), and wondering :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Would a php framework (Symfony, Laravel) be a good pick ? We need to have freedom, to ensure maintainability over time</li>
  <li>Would a front-end framework (Bootstrap, Foundation, Materialze) be a good idea</li>
  <li>Or should we do everything from scratch</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Our main concerns are :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Those framework (and the web itself) will evolve, meaning we have a high maintenability risk (although we can prevent our employees to not use our recommanded browser)</li>
  <li>Those frameworks are already well organised, meaning it might be difficult to do whatever we want with them</li>
  <li>If we use addons (like UI Kits, JQuery scripts), we will multiply compatiblity risks over time</li>
  <li>Considering the investment, our solution should have a 10-year lifetime (with maintenance and improvement over time, of course)</li>
  </ul>