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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, - 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 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. +