osCommerce (available as free download from http://www.oscommerce.com) is most comprehensive and popular open source Shopping Cart system in existence. It has a huge list of features and is probably most versatile shopping cart solution and offers vast range of customization choices for on-line storefront owners depending on their need at a very affordable price.

If you are looking for setting up an e-shop, you should definitely consider osCommerce osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution that offers a wide range of out-of-the-box features that allows online stores to be setup fairly quickly with ease, and is available for free as an Open Source based solution released under GNU General Public License. osCommerce is a complete online store solution that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend, which can be easily configured over web. What are Requirements : With no special requirements, osCommerce is able to run on any PHP 4.1+ enabled web server running on Linux, Solaris, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows environments.

Some Web designers thinks flash should not be used in their websites. REASONS: * Page takes more time to load * Visitor need to wait, until its loaded * Not Search engine friendly * Require more space

but you cannot neglect importance and its role in world wide web. when it comes to its beauty and eye catching animations[mostly website intros] you cannot think of going to another website until you view it all, am i right!