Just a quick comment on #206. Joe (I think) suggested that someone should create a site that gave developers a way of finding Java libraries and in some way assessing them. Whilst it is not specifically focused on Java or libraries, and it only deals with open source, http://www.ohloh.net is a community driven, searchable index of projects. It gives you an idea of how healthy the project is in terms of number of developers and recent activity. It keeps track of the number of people who are using it and you can rate the projects too. It also attempts to work out how much it would cost to develop the project from scratch, which could be useful ammunition when trying to convince someone not to "roll their own"!
I've been using the site for a while and it's definitely getting better as more developers contribute their experiences with projects. Like any site of this kind, it needs to be the de-facto place where people go for this information if it is ultimately going to succeed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
