Alternatives to osCommerce

[Eric "Shubes"]

FoulDragon at aol.com wrote:
> I've been tasked with relocating a small webshop to a new server running 
> FC4.
>  
> The shop is running atop osCommerce, and FC4 has PHP5 installed.
>  
> osCommerce and PHP5 get along about as well as Steve Ballmer at a PLUG 
> meeting.
>  
> I've been throwing random patches at osCommerce hoping it will work, but 
> it just causes the symptoms to metamorphosize.  It claims it can't find 
> directories I know are there, for example.
>  
> So I'm looking for a new cart/catalog engine.
>  
> It's a fairly minimal webshop-- only a half-dozen or so items, huge 
> elaborate category breakdowns are probably not necessary.
>  
> It processes payment through authorize.net.
>  
> The software needs to be free; frankly, I doubt spending $100-500-1000 
> on a cart licence will be a good sell for the client.
> 
> 
I don't normally like suggesting an alternative distro, but in this case 
I think it's appropriate. If osCommerce is ok with PHP4, I'd use 
CentOS4.3 (current). The php-4.3.9 is the lastest with that.

Any (good) reason for using FC4 instead of CentOS4.3?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'