BitNami: Making Open Source Software Simple.
I have always enjoyed trying out different Open Source products, like Mantis, Joomla, Roller, Liferay, ect. Sometimes I need to install one of these packages to do a proof of concept and see how a product could work in a Enterprise Environment. Sometimes I am just curious on how it works, and want to check out what everyone is talking about. While I do enjoy playing around with new products and have a feeling of satisfaction when I get a product installed and configured correctly, it can be a time consuming task. I hate explaining to management that I have not actually started to test out a new software package, because I am stuck in the setup phase.
Well thanks to BitNami and there preconfigured open source stacks and I can easily get a jump start with some of the most common open source software packages. BitNami, which sounds like a Japanese video game to me, says that BitNami means:
It refers to the new wave of open source software that will be changing the world of business applications, the same way Linux changed the world of operating systems or MySQL disrupted the proprietary database market.
The great thing about BitNami software stacks is that they are easy to install, are built for multiple operating systems, has everything you need to get up and running including the database, and each stack is independent of one another. The BitNami group currently has what I would call the “Greatest Hit's” of open source software built in this easy to install stack environment. BitNami also takes poll’s of what new software package they should create a stack for next. While I am not sure that you would want to run a production system this way, it is a great way to get started using some open source software for testing or for fun.
