osCommerce solutions

osCommerce package is the leading provider of Open Source online shop osCommerce solutions. osCommerce modules feature packed out-of-the-box installation allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with absolutely no costs or license fees involved.

The success of osCommerce packages not only comes from the development of a rock-solid framework to base osCommerce solutions on, but also from the community which the project has attracted.

Through the community osCommerce has been able to grow in many directions leaving the project developers to focus on the core issues of operating an online business.

osCommerce combines open source solutions to provide a free and open e-commerce platform, which includes the powerful PHP web scripting language, the stable Apache web server, and the fast MySQL database server.

With no restrictions or special requirements, osCommerce package is able to run on any PHP3 or PHP4 enabled web server, on any environment that PHP and MySQL supports, which includes Linux, Solaris, BSD, and Microsoft Windows environments.

More information can be found on the osCommerce support site at:

http://www.oscommerce.com

The osCommerce Community section can be found at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community

History Of osCommerce

osCommerce was first released in March 2000, then called The Exchange Project, as an example resource study case of how an online shop worked behind the scenes, while at the same time being a rich example of PHP logic useful to those who were starting out in, or who were already developing in, PHP.

The project has long matured since then and is now referenced as an open source based e-commerce solution.

The project name change in December 2001, to osCommerce, was performed to show this maturity to the public.