Roy Rubin Talks About Magento Commerce
by Tyrone on July 1, 2009 - 4 comments
CEO And Founder Of Varien: Roy Rubin
In this post I interview Roy Rubin from Varien who developed an open source ecommerce software called Magento Commerce. This software is feature rich and a highly sophisticated ecommerce system that offers any Internet business the tools to sell any product online. I am currently using Magento Commerce for my dragonboat website and it has provided more tools and functionality compared to Zencart to help promote my products. If you haven’t read my review, check out why I think Magento Commerce is one of the best open source ecommerce platforms I recommend to use.
I interviewed Roy because I wanted to find out how his company Varien developed Magento Commerce and why they took the open source path to release this software. Additionally not only has this software exceeded a lot of user’s expectations it’s almost had close to 1 million users download it and use it. Some of these users include Fortune 500 companies and medium to large businesses that have said and proven to work for them.
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In this interview you will learn..
- Why Magento Commerce is a powerful platform all Internet businesses should consider
- What motivated Roy to create a very successful company called Varien that brought to the market Magento Commerce
- What is going to be released in the upcoming new version of Magento Commerce
- How Magento Commerce is marketed, which has been downloaded almost 1 million times since it’s release back in 2007 and how it’s grown organically through a community of open source users
Something that I admire is: Roy participates frequently in the community forums to get feedback to improve the software (other CEO’s don’t do as much as they should), which helps Magento Commerce continue to evolve at a rapid pace. I commend him for his continued efforts.
If you want to contact Roy, he can be reached contacted via email at roy@varien.com or online at Varien.
To download the latest version of Magento Commerce, visit their website at www.magentocommerce.com
Tyrone Shum
User of Magento Commerce
My name is Tyrone Shum and I'm on a journey to outsource and automate my business to allow me to work only 12 hours a week. On this website I share with you my outsourcing strategies to achieve this goal and I have a passion to teach others about what I do. Read more 
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