OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is an advanced -toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications. -If you're thinking of building an enterprise-level web -application, OpenACS is a solid, scalable framework for building -dynamic content driven sites.
OpenACS is a collection of pre-built applications and services -that you can use to build your web site/application. Through a -modular architecture, OpenACS has packages for user/groups -management, content management, e-commerce, news, FAQs, calendar, -forums, bug tracking, full-text searching, and much -more.
OpenACS relies on AOLserver, the free, -multithreaded, scalable, Tcl-enabled, web/application server used -by America Online for most of its web sites, and a true -ACID-compliant Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). -Currently OpenACS supports PostgreSQL, an open source RDBMS, and -Oracle and is easily extensible to other databases which support a -comparable feature set.
The OpenACS toolkit is derived from the ArsDigita Community -System (ACS). ArsDigita (now part of Red Hat, Inc.) kindly made -their work available under the GPL, making -all of this possible.
The OpenACS project was born when Don Baccus, Ben Adida, and -others decided to port ACS from Oracle to PostgreSQL, thus making -it a fully open-source solution. With OpenACS 4, Oracle and -PostgreSQL support were combined in one code base and with OpenACS -5, support for internationalization and localization has been -added.
A vibrant and productive community has sprung up around the -OpenACS software and there are many volunteer contributors as well -as a commercial companies able to provide support, hosting, and -custom development. Many of the production users are actively -funding and contributing work back to the project. Formal, -consensus driven governance has been established (with semi-annual -elections) which ensures the project serves the needs of it's -constituents.
The OpenACS community would like to hear your comments and can -help you in your endeavors with the system. Visit our web site and -feel free to ask questions or provide feedback.
-+ OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is an advanced + toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web + applications. If you're thinking of building an + enterprise-level web application, OpenACS is a solid, scalable + framework for building dynamic content driven sites. +
+ ++ OpenACS is a collection of pre-built applications and services + that you can use to build your web site/application. Through a + modular architecture, OpenACS has packages for user/groups + management, content management, e-commerce, news, FAQs, + calendar, forums, bug tracking, full-text searching, + and much + more. +
+ ++ OpenACS relies on NaviServer, a free, multithreaded, scalable, + Tcl-enabled, web/application server. Currently OpenACS + supports PostgreSQL, an open source RDBMS, + and Oracle + and is easily extensible to other databases which support a + comparable feature set. +
+ ++ The OpenACS toolkit is derived from the ArsDigita + Community System (ACS). ArsDigita kindly + made their work available under the GPL, making all + of this possible. +
+ ++ The OpenACS project was born when Don Baccus, Ben Adida, and + others decided to port ACS from Oracle to PostgreSQL, thus + making it a fully open-source solution. With OpenACS 4, Oracle + and PostgreSQL support were combined in one code base and with + OpenACS 5, support for internationalization and localization has + been added. +
+ ++ A vibrant and productive community has sprung up around the + OpenACS software and there are many volunteer contributors as + well as a commercial companies able to provide support, hosting, + and custom development. Many of the production users are + actively funding and contributing work back to the + project. Formal, consensus driven governance has been + established (with semi-annual elections) which ensures the + project serves the needs of it's constituents. +
+ ++ The OpenACS community would like to hear your comments and can + help you in your endeavors with the system. Visit + our web site and + feel free to ask questions or provide + feedback. +
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