# Announcement: Open sourcing a Rails/Flex eCommerce app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcement-open-sourcing-a-rails-flex-ecommerce-app/109671>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 17, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcement-open-sourcing-a-rails-flex-ecommerce-app/109671 "2007-07-17T19:07:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![surplustronics](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@surplustronics](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/surplustronics)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/announcement-open-sourcing-a-rails-flex-ecommerce-app/109671/1 "2007-07-17T19:07:51Z")

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After talks with a long term client of mine, I’m taking the brave move  
to open source an eCommerce app built in Rails & Flex that we’re  
building - a replacement of a PHP/MySQL app. I’m currently doing the  
first cut of the application which I’ll make available once it’s done  
(and look at a public svn repository etc then). Which should be about  
a month away - give or take.

More on the announcement, hows and why’s, roadmap etc here  
[http://work.rowanhick.com/2007/07/17/open-source-rails-flex-ecommerce-application/](http://work.rowanhick.com/2007/07/17/open-source-rails-flex-ecommerce-application/)

Cheers

## Rowan

blog: [http://work.rowanhick.com](http://work.rowanhick.com)