OStatic

Software as a Service (SaaS) applications are increasingly either employing open source or are built entirely on it, a la SugarCRM. Meanwhile, there continue to be many opportunities for open source Web 2.0 and e-commerce applications to grow. If you're collaborating on any open source project that requires web application development, here are over twelve free resources to help you--many of them open source themselves.

It always strikes me as incongruous that much of the power of the web comes from open, shared protocols, but most people tyring to run successful web sites and blogs don't use open source tools to drive their success. That's not always true of course. For example, the entire OStatic site is built on Drupal--an open source content management system. Thanks, by the way, to the readers who have written in liking what we've done with our interface. In this post, I'll discuss a couple of other very powerful open source applications that can help you make a success of your web site.