On Friday 27 July 2007 09:07:29 Prajwal Tuladhar wrote: > Sourceforge has been running a community-driven awards process over > the last month, trying to discover the top open source projects. > Today, the winners were announced. The ones selected say a lot about > those who frequent Sourceforge. But before I get into that, here are > the winners: > > # Best Project: 7-Zip > # Best New Project: eMule and Launchy > # Best Tool or Utility for Developers: TortoiseSVN > # Best Project for the Enterprise: Firebird > # Best Project for Gamers: ScummVM > # Best Project for Multimedia: Audacity > # Best Project for Communications: phpBB > # Best User Support: Firebird > # Best Technical Design: 7-Zip > # Most Collaborative Project: Azureus > > http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9750770-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547 >-1_3-0-20 >
Well I'm surprised myself.
Here's the rest of the article:
What do these projects tell us about the Sourceforge community?
* Some of the best open source work happens on Windows. Really. 7-Zip and
Launchy are both Windows projects.
* Sourceforge developers have a tenuous grip on what "enterprise" means.
I've never (ever) seen Firebird in an enterprise deployment. Ever. Ever.
* They like to, um, "share" things. Like songs. Movies. Etc. Both Azureus
and eMule are generally used for "borrowing" others' content. I'm the first
to say that media companies need to figure out new ways to get paid for their
content. But I would have liked to have seen other projects higher on the
list of top projects.
* Simplicity is good. Most of these projects perform one small function
very well. Sourceforge developers may be looking to open source to solve
niche problems for themselves.
* And did I mention that Sourceforge users are developers? These projects
tend to skew geeky. But then, that also comes down to the categories picked.
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