A Visit to SourceForge

Wow, long time since last I posted here. What brought me here today was a visit to SourceForge ... I have not been there in quite a while, so of course I started coming across interesting projects.

Normally I would simply add the projects to my link-lists, for example by filing them under Info / Computers and Computing / Software but today I am not looking to "file and forget". My link-lists go back years; today I want to queue some things up to be looked at so I thought this might be a better place to stash them for now.

Not familiar with SourceForge? It is *the* distributed software-development site. Oh and guess what? I went to the dot com instead of the dot net and hey, the Enterprise Version is there! They have a publicly traded company (LNUX) now too! Wow!

So anyway, all this software is FREE and OPEN SOURCE. That is the BEST kind because when you work on, for example, GNU software, you don't lose all your work when you lose your job or leave your job. By putting all your work under the GNU license as you do it you ensure that you CAN take it with you. :)

Here are the projects that caught my eye today:

simplePHPblog: a simple blog, using PHP but not MySQL. (It simply uses flat files).

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System: I remember too well what a hassle it used to be, once upon a time, to try to get something installed on a Windows system. Maybe this thing can help with that. :)

libgmail: Python binding for Google's Gmail service.

GPACProject on Advanced Content: Multimedia Framework for MPEG-4, VRML, X3D, ...

vtiger CRM Customer Relationship Management. Yes that means leads and marketing and such. :)

BOXP Back Orifice XP. A SysAdmin tool for Windows systems. Control networkig and so on. Plugins for various additional features - even streaming video of the server's screen.

SQuirreL SQL Client: SQuirreL SQL Client is a graphical Java program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands etc.

WebGUI: A perl-based web application and web site framework designed to let the people who create the content manage it, and let the technical folks get back to tech stuff.

Emma3D: Emma (Extensible Multi Media Architecture) is an open-source, modular, extensible, dynamic framework for declarative authoring and display of 2D and 3D interactive multimedia. It uses Lua for scripting and Ogre3D for rendering.

Php-MultiShop: Market Place Multi Vendor: CMS & e-commerce cart system Multi Shop written in PHP MySql: a virtual mall, including various eCommerce stores (osCommerce) and content (PhpNuke). Each store could be managed in autonomy by its own admin as if it were independent from the e-marketplace.

bitweaver: Highly Modular CMS framework includes: Wiki, Articles / News, phpBB Forum Bulletin Board, Blogs, Image Photo Gallery, ... includes TikiWiki upgrader. Databases supported: MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, Firebird, IIS/MS-SQL for PHP on Windows or Linux.

MailManager: MailManager is designed to solve the problems companies have as the volumes of email they receive increase such as making sure email goes to the right person, making sure it is answered on time, ensuring information in email boxes is shared within the organisation.

Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution: Smart ERP+CRM solution for Small-Medium Enterprises in the global market covering all areas from order and customer/supplier management, supply chain to accounting. For $5-500M revenue companies looking for "brick and click" first tier functionality.

There is a particular thing I am specifically to keep an eye out for, and that is anything that might be able to serve as a start toward a surf-exchange, even an auto-surf exchange.

-MarkM-