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Karamchand asks: "Free Software and open standards are ubiquitous in the server and even desktop area. But why does nobody seem to care about openness in digital cameras? I couldn't find a single hint as to what main processor my camera uses (I guess many use ARMs and others use TI DSPs), and while searching for information about (re-)programming digital cameras, I had to give up (apart from the scriptable Digita OS which was used by some discontinued cameras by Kodak, HP et al). Do you know of any efforts in this direction, whether they are actual disassembling/programming of cameras or asking vendors to get more open?" I still have my Kodak DIGITA-based camera from several years ago and I loved the flexibility, even though the performance is poor by today's standards (long cycle times, poor battery life, etc). Why are digital camera manufacturers keeping the lid on the capabilities of their products, when digital cameras could be so much more than their film-based counterparts?

parasew asks: "I am searching for Web-based Project Management Software, which should be (mod-)perl based, so I can enhance it or put it into an existing environment using MovableType, which is in a sort of alpha-state. I found a site about Call Center, Bug Tracking and Project Management Tools for Linux and also this short listing, but sadly they are just a bunch of projects which only come close to the kind of tool I am searching for. Gantt and Chronos, seem to be a very nice Web-Calendar packages written in Perl. I was just wondering why no one is using iCalendar (does anyone know of Perl-based Software using iCalendar), as most of the Agenda Software uses iCalendar, and even Mozilla Calendar is capable of subscribing to remote-Calendars. This looks very interesting to me. In general, I wanted to ask you Monks for the best way to do this. Should I create a new app from scratch or reusing existing stuff?"

"Here are the features I am looking for:

• The use of Calendars (multiple users) and iCalendar Support
• File-Pool for projects (CVS-based or similar)
• Progress-bar for showing the current state of a project
• A public calendar where users can publish events from their private calendars

I found a simple Calendar script from PerlMonks, and another easy one here. Of course, there are really lots of Calendar scripts out there, but I am asking you for hints. Which ones do you know of that comes close to my needs? There are several existing Modules for iCalendar on CPAN, and i thought about reusing stuff to maybe create a dirty hack of Chronos, Bricolage and add the CVS and iCalendar support on my own.

Please also see my topics on PerlMonks and MovableType

Thanks for any help, hints or suggestions."