On 7/27/07, Fajar Priyanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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.
I think since it depends on vote... and most people use windows it happens..
those are really nice and useful projects... dude, 7-zip started off as
linux project ported to windows... launchy is cool.. but hey we linux users
have a better tool... terminal
* 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.
Again, vote.. and yeah I have to agree... DRM sucks... and people don't want
to buy stuff that doesn't give them freedom... some companies are going that
way.. I think a little better way to approach this is to look down the whole
list of selected projects and make ur own "subjective" assessment.
* 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.
UNIX philosophy: do 1 thing and do it good.. (too lazy to google and find
exact wording)
* 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.
right..
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