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+ 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, proven foundation that will give you a 3-6 month headstart. +
+ OpenACS is also 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, FAQ, 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 On-Line 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. (read more) +
+ The OpenACS toolkit is based on the ArsDigita Community System. ArsDigita + (now part of Red Hat, Inc.) kindly made their work available under the + GPL, + making all of this possible. +
+ The OpenACS community would like to hear your comments and help you + in your endeavors with the system. Stop by our web site + and feel free to ask a question, post ideas or whatever. +