Open-Source
There was a time not long ago when having quality content management or web presentation software meant spending thousands, or possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars. No longer. Open-source and source-licensed technology is as good or better than the commercial products of several years ago.
The core open-source content systems are free to use and written by some of the brightest engineers on the Web. These systems can be used to construct blogs, company sites, photo galleries, online stores, everything in between, and every combination thereof.
Adding the finishing touches of a quality template to make the site look professional, or some special media handling modules, usually costs less than a night at the movies. And the license fee goes direct to the lone developer who is creating this technology because he actually enjoys doing it. In this way, using open-source and source-licensed technology not only puts your site on the ‘Net, it actually makes you part of the community who builds the ‘Net.
