Magento

“It is now only a preview release, and it is already light-years ahead.”

I am a real fan of Open Source software, and there are some great projects around, however up till now the e-commerce category has missed out.  Nearly all of the open-source e-commerce systems I have checked out are just big piles of spaghetti code, that not only make development and maintenance of online shops a headache, I consider them to be grave security risks.

Magento has actually been designed - that has got to count for something!  While with other projects I wince when I look under the hood, with Magento I am being pleasantly surprised by each new aspect I look at.  In fact, I think there is a lot I can learn from this well implemented system.  It is now only a preview release, and it is already light-years ahead.

Ross Kendall
Web Developer and Consultant

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