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The Best Unknown Open Source Projects

Posted by Soulskill on from the foss-hipsters dept.

itwbennett writes "Carla Schroder points to an interesting trend in open source: 'The growth of large distributed projects.' OpenTox, which uses computer modeling instead of animal testing for chemical toxicity testing, and AMEE (Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine), which uses open source software and methodologies to collect, map, measure and analyze carbon dioxide data, are two such projects. 'FOSS presents a natural platform for building large distributed projects because of the low barrier to entry — open code, open standards, and freely-available robust, high-quality high-performance software,' says Schroder." What open source project gets less attention than you think it deserves?

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  1. Equally relevant question by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What is your favorite breed of dog?

    I ask, because "What open source project gets less attention than you think it deserves?" has pretty much nothing to do with the actual topic - large distributed open-source projects - which apparently the submitter forgot at some point during the submission process.

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    1. Re:Equally relevant question by JoeMerchant · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What is your favorite breed of dog?

      You know, in many other forums, nobody would see any problem with asking the group "What is your favorite breed of dog?"

    2. Re:Equally relevant question by gilleain · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What is your favorite breed of dog?

      You know, in many other forums, nobody would see any problem with asking the group "What is your favorite breed of dog?"

      Yes, but those same people react oddly when you ask them obvious questions like "What is your favourite integrated development environment?" or "What processor do you think is best?". Those people are weird.