Looking to build an online store for yourself or for a client? Debating among various open source solutions? Thinking about cobbling together a customized solution with a database and an open source shopping cart? Don't bother; look no further than osCommerce.
osCommerce is an open source catalog and shopping cart system that comes loaded straight out of the box with a wide range of features. It is head and shoulders above the crowd in terms of functionality and options and is often lauded as not simply an excellent open source product, but an excellent e-commerce product by any standard.
In last week's Web@Work column I took on a bit of an apples and oranges comparison:
One of the challenges of working with open source software is dealing with the variations that exist from product to product. osCommerce and Mambo, two of my favourite open source products, provide a classic example of variations in standards and fundamental approaches to software development.
