What is osCommerce?

Doing business over the Internet has evolved, from a simple shopping website now we have what we call Open Source Commerce, abbreviated as "osCommerce", which is an online shop e-commerce solutions that helps online store owners setup, run, and maintain their sites with minimum effort and with no fees involved. Since it is a free software, anyone can use it, edit it, and share it with other online businesspeople.

How is it so? - osCommerce combines open source solutions in providing a free and open e-commerce platform. This includes the use of PHP web scripting, Apache web server, and MySQL database server. Also, members of the osCommerce community help one another out and participate in development issues.

What's the philosophy behind osCommerce? - Open Source software has been providing people an opportunity to work on software with others that share the same interest, exchange ideas, knowledge, and work with one another, in order to expand and improve the current solution. Since the software is open and can be altered, it's up to the online store owner to choose whether to use the software as is, or learn how to make it better.