At August Ash, we've been fans of Magento since it was first released in March 2008. The open-source community agrees, with more than 85,000 of us responsible for over 750,000 free downloads of the e-commerce platform.
With community interest so great, Magento's creator, Varien, decided to step in with a paid version, the Magento Enterprise Edition, on April 15, 2009.