Re: BIRT vs JasperReports

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My experience with both is that they have very similar feature sets and 
capabilities.  I have delivered a presentation on Open Source Report 
Writing Tools for IBM i at a Common conference (and will again this 
year) and for a Common webinar  and I use both in the presentation.  I 
have an RPG wrapper that also uses either under the covers so you can 
use RPG to create a fairly slick Jasper/Birt report.

Like most things at a very high level, there isn't much difference (e.g. 
MS Office and Open Office ) but it is what you get familiar with that 
eventually gets you to a level of detail that you might be able to be a 
pundit of one vs the other.  In my case I am most familiar with Jasper 
but I added BIRT as an option when I created the RPG Report Generator so 
that people could have a choice.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 4/11/2011 10:21 AM, Joe Sam Shirah wrote:
>      Hi Everyone,
>
>      I'm giving a presentaation on JasperReports and iReport at our local JUG
> ( JaxJUG - Jacksonville, FL  ) this Wednesday evening.  It's a concepts and
> how-to, but I'm sure some attendees will ask for comparisons.  I'd
> appreciate it if anyone who's used both, and doesn't have an axe to grind,
> could send constructive pros and cons.
>
>      I think it would also be helpful to those on thi smailing list.  I've
> been happy with JasperReports, but always open to new horizons.
>
>      Thanks!
>
>
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