Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml,v diff -u -r1.19.2.7 -r1.19.2.8 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml 2 Dec 2003 17:39:31 -0000 1.19.2.7 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml 6 Dec 2003 21:22:58 -0000 1.19.2.8 @@ -19,80 +19,73 @@ Overview - - 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, + scalable framework for building dynamic content driven + sites. + - - 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 + + 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 + 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) - + 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 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 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 ArsDigita Community System (ACS) is a toolkit of software - that will help you build Web services with a collaborative dimension, - ranging from knowledge management within companies to B2C ecommerce - to product support and community among the customers. The software is - free and open-source and has been tested in heavy use since - 1995. - Philip Greenspun - + 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. + - - OpenACS was born when Don Baccus, Ben Adida, et al decided - to port ACS from Oracle to PostgreSQL, thus making it a - fully open-source solution. + + 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. - - OpenACS &version; is the next generation of the web toolkit. It's based on - ACS 4, but no longer follows ArsDigita development. Unlike ACS - (which required Oracle) and OpenACS 3.x (which required PostgreSQL), - OpenACS &version; allows you to use either database. It's also built in such - a way to allow enterprising hackers (in the good sense of - the word) to extend it to other databases. Don Baccus leads - the development and numerous developers and non-developers - contribute from around the world. - - - 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. - + 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. + Release Notes Section Missing @@ -292,6 +285,9 @@ Section missing + + Section missing + Section missing