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The Software Internet Database

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ambition-defined dept.

Larry points out an interesting project called The Software Internet Database, the goal of which "is to compile the largest database of software titles and credits on the Internet. This includes all types of software such as operating systems, security, financial, mapping, browsers, video editing, games, word processing, and more. They have made a good start but still need more titles. Please take some time to submit missing titles so that they may compile the database faster." It would be informative to have a subway-map overhead view to know which of these are still available from their makers,have been folded into other products, or are now abandonware.

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  1. good luck by NynexNinja · · Score: 3, Informative

    sourceforge.net, freshmeat.net, tinyapps.org, packetstormsecurity.org, etc, etc have been around for a number of years and do this task well. I checked out that site, and it looks like they are attempting to use a vanilla CMS for the task of managing the titles... You really need some custom software to do it right (check freshmeat.net for an example of a good custom interface).

    1. Re:good luck by tcopeland · · Score: 3, Informative

      > sourceforge.net, freshmeat.net, tinyapps.org, packetstormsecurity.org

      Yup, and rubyforge and LuaForge as well. One hard part is sorting out duplicates... getting a list of the actual projects shouldn't be too hard since most project aggregation sites have RSS feeds with that info.

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    2. Re:good luck by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Informative
      Sourceforge.net and freshmeat.net generally only have OSS software.

      Actually, I've found that the value of freshmeat.net has been diluted, since they include non-OSS software. Then again, for all I know I can filter, and I've just been too lazy to do so.

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  2. Re:Uhhh... not very big... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or, you could have clicked the "Metrics" link to see..
    Metrics
    As of: 7/3/2006 1:35:17 PM
    Total titles: 83
    Total versions: 107
    Total organizations: 122
    Total names: 81
    Total credits: 90

  3. Not ready for prime-time... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um...pretty crappy "database". Anyone can submit a company? Then, when you submit a "title", you don't specify the company?

    Also, when you submit these things, there is no indication of what is done with the information or when it might be posted.

    Later, when you try to add a version, the drop-downs contain ALL companies and ALL versions. This is a recipe for future disaster - the author should probably have tried larger data sets when planning his interface.

  4. Re:Can I use this info? by Salzorin · · Score: 1, Informative

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