Opensource ecommerce is going fast forward. After the mighty Magento, I have had the pleasure to test drive - and install in production environment - Prestashop, a simpler alternative, that serves ecommerce with a nice ajax animated shopping cart and various interesting features.
the release of its first official stable version, 1.0, was announced recently in august 2008
Development had begun nearly two years ago, and today, a dozen beta releases later, the PrestaShop is out with a smarty template system and a full suite of ecommerce php classes
Founded in Paris, France, by Internet enthusiasts and e-Commerce professionals Igor Schlumberger and Bruno Lévêque, Prestashop company also offers consultancy services and custom modules.