OSCommerce in action

By John Locke on June 3, 2005

Newsforge is running a story about the realities of using OS Commerce, the open source shopping cart/e-commerce package. It describes the pluses and minuses fairly well: NewsForge | OSCommerce in action

Make sure you read the comments at the bottom of the page. At Freelock Computing, we've done half a dozen test deployments for various customers, and haven't put any into production quite yet. We've found that if all you need is a basic shopping cart, it's great. If you need something customized, it's generally easier to start from scratch.

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John Locke is the lead developer and founder of Freelock, LLC. In addition to being a proficient web developer, he is an experienced technical writer, network administrator, and all around problem solver. He has worked with computers since 1984, and currently advises small businesses on open source software.