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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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braydon
4 years 25 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago
Anyone else find the very stubborn
Anyone else find the very stubborn advertising, and stock id for MS insert slightly _odd_?
Why isn't there a 'stock' market for free software? Beyond the obvious complexities...
aboutblank
4 years 25 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago
You do know that there are companies
You do know that there are companies that deal with servicing people with free software and are listed on various stock exchanges.
braydon
4 years 25 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago
Aha. Well that's one way. I was
Aha. Well that's one way. I was thinking more of a direct relation between the public and the software project.
braydon
4 years 25 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago
Curious, which companies are these?
Curious, which companies are these? I'm assuming Novell, RedHat are somehow involved?
aboutblank
4 years 25 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago
Yes, Novell and Redhat are the
Yes, Novell and Redhat are the more well known ones. Other ones include Sun Microsystems, Trolltech, and Sourceforge INC.