subject: osCommerce - The free Commerce Engine for your website [print this page] osCommerce - The free Commerce Engine for your website
You will know osCommerce as the free online e-commerce solution (open source), which has a number of favorite shopping cart functions. This is one of the most popular free open source software that is used for setting up and managing online shops by small and medium enterprise owners. It is one of the 'most wanted' software's because it cost nothing, it involves least effort to set up and have no maintenance fees.
It is no surprise then to find that about hundred thousand online shops as well as developers from the world over use this on a regular basis. These users are also contributing to the evolution of this wonderful software; today you will find more than three thousand add-ons, which have been contributed by those who use it.
The fact that the osCommerce comes as an open source with a free platform, which has the excellent web scripting tool, PHP and an efficient and fast database server in MySQL. Since the requirement for this platform is minimal, it is highly compatible with all operation systems including Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, BSD, Linux, and so on.
OsCommerce is running successfully now for the six years and it has already captured the hearts and imagination of shop owners the world over; with every day adding to its numbers. Its total success and acceptance in the community has prompted the osCommerce to the next level, i.e. an easy to use, free of maintenance e-commerce framework solution, which can be easily adapted to the individual requirements of any online shop.
The great success of this open source solution is owned to the fact that all the community members are constantly fine tuning it with their contributions, making it a highly efficient tool to manage online stores. This is combined with the fact the software is easy to use, load and is totally free. Though people have so many individual needs and requirements, they all are able to use the osCommerce to their optimum satisfaction because it is so easy to adjust to one's needs. Besides, each user can add additional functionality out of which the rest of community benefits greatly.
It is hoped that in the future too, the thousands of people who use this wonderful open source tool will continue to contribute to its evolution to make it the ultimate tool for those who run successful online stores. Since this is an open source, it is free, and with it comes the bonus of being able to adapt the same to your exact needs. As if it is not enough, this open source solution also allows any type of modification in suitability and functionality, making it better with every user that touches it.
OsCommerce is a product that needs to be watched in the future - it will be the ultimate tool for the majority of the micro and medium size entrepreneurs over the Internet.
