Open source
What is Open Source? The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, and people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing. The open source community have learned that this rapid evolutionary process produces better software than the traditional closed model, in which only a very few programmers can see the source. Open source software is an idea whose time has finally come. For twenty years it has been building momentum in the technical cultures that built the Internet and the World Wide Web. Now it's breaking out into the commercial world, and that's changing all the rules. Are you ready to take advantage of this solution? Can you give me any good examples? Of course! We use several open-source applications regularly. For example: Joomla! Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems available. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. http://www.joomla.org/ Broxden’s own site is developed using Joomla as are many of the other sites in our portfolio. Zen Cart Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently. http://www.zencart.com/ If you want to learn more about these programs, call us on 01738 450422 for a chat and a demonstration. |
Open source software is available free. Developers such as Broxden can customize and configure the open source software to a client’s requirements without incurring the considerable expense of building a bespoke system from scratch. Therefore for the majority of clients it is the most economic solution for taking their business online. 