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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 (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 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) + 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 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. -