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What OSS Programs are Still Needed?
suso asks: "I was thinking yesterday about how much open source software is out there already. Most categories are filled, but I wonder about what pieces of software still need to be written. What programs would you like to see in OSS form that are currently not available?"
Nvu is your answer.
If OOo Impress gets a bit more polished and a bit more capable (even more than PPT) with respect to custom animation, especially motion paths and the like, it will probably suffice. It has an "Export to SWF" option. I've done some cheesy yet impressive Flash-like animations in Microsoft PowerPoint, and I know OOo can support everything I used.
Maybe Impress should be further developed with this goal in mind, in addition to presentation-making.
The Open Voting Consortium is doing a pretty good job. The program itself is written in python which is a good idea (despite being a perl guy) since there is always the risk that someone could keep additional code out of CVS for compile time, has paper verification w/ barcodes for quick recounts/auditing... all in all they're doing a pretty good job.
I understand that there are hardware requirements for security as well, but this provides a good way for businesses to still sell and add value to this software.
They are currently having a fund drive so if this seems like something important, consider giving them $10 (what they're asking for)
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2. XMMS is pretty decent, and has a handful of plugins
4. CLAMAV, Sophos, OpenAntiVirus
10b||~10b -- aah, what a question!
Like Glom or GNU enterprise. Both prefer to use postgres, but failing that, at least gnuenterprise can use sqllite for local database use (dunno about glom). :)
Both projects seem pretty good, they just need mindshare