ATG : Oracle started new discussion forum for ATG

Oracle has started a new ATG discussion forum on oracle discussion forums. It has a main ATG section and is divided into technical and business categories.

You can access the url http://forums.oracle.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=503 . After Oracle acquired ATG, this was much expected and we can hope this forum might give us a better chance to discuss our ATG doubts and more people will come and discuss about ATG.

Find the ATG docs @ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/atgwebcommerce-393465.html

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