Interchange, though not as well-known as other open source projects like Linux and Apache, nevertheless forms the backbone for many companies’ technology efforts, large and small. After being absorbed by Red Hat, then cut loose as that company narrowed its focus, its development community has continued to expand the project, and released version 5.0 yesterday. Read the announcement and the release notes. If you need to build a customized, database-driven web application, check it out.
No comments? Well I tried Interchange at 4.9 and it works. However I had to pull some stuff off CPAN to get it installed on RH. CPAN2RPM is your friend. Give it a try if your setting up a small to medioum Ecommerce site.*
*Neat was the loading of Gnumeric in your browser.