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Posted by michael on from the apt-cache-search-foo dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "I saw this article on NewsForge. It looks like these guys are going to stop preaching to the converted & start showing off open source software to those who need showing of to." I usually figure that if it isn't in Debian unstable, I don't need it. :) But perhaps this site will be useful to people once it has some submissions.

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  1. Use dmoz maybe... by VValdo · · Score: 4
    I think the easiest way to search and navigate through multiple types of software is via a Yahoo-style selection page that moves downward into a heirarchy. Doing so makes it really easy to find what you're looking for in just three clicks or so. It's far superior to the gopher-like category lists.

    isn't dmoz.org's software open? I know its content is.
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  2. Who is their target audience? by locutus074 · · Score: 4
    We decided to build the site after a quick email to a certain higher mammal at OSI. Right now we are in the first growth stage which is to get authors to register their stable releases. Come one, come all. The basic idea of the site is to provide one hub where someone will know the software they are looking at is open-source and is developed to the point it should work.
    So who's their taget audience?

    It would seem to me that it's at least partially aimed toward businesses. It would appear that way since they want to want to "present a place for developers and endusers to find information about STABLE Open-Source products". I wish them well, though they need to clean up their spelling mistakes and not post IRC logs as an explanation for what they do. This has the potential to be really great; many times I'll see an interesting app on Freshmeat, but it's not Free. Don't get me wrong, non-Free software has its place, but this ought to be nice, to have a place where you can go to search only stable, Free software. (Konqueror fills an important gap on the Free/Open Source side of things... all the pieces are falling into place now.)

    Good luck guys, and please take this for the constructive criticism that it's intended as.

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  3. Seems pretty un-polished.. by Tom7 · · Score: 5

    I think these guys should have waited a bit longer before appearing on slashdot et al... The site looks like ass.

    If this proposes to be the hub of stable, polished software, then the site itself should reflect that desired level of quality. Right now it looks like the home page for a shareware app.