Optaros Open Source Catalogue 2007 published
Yesterday, we published the Optaros Open Source Catalog 2007 with 262 open source projects and products. And we've gotten a really good response with lots of feedback, suggestions, and a few corrections to make. If you have any feedback feel free to leave it here or send it to oss-catalogue@optaros.com
Our goal with this listing was to create a resource that companies could use to get a sense of what is available and help identify projects that they should consider. We certainly had a lot of debates internally about the ratings for different projects and which ones should or shouldn't make the list. One thing that is true for every project that is included is that it is something that is worthy of being considered for enterprise use.
A big debate we had was where to draw the line regarding what qualifies as open source and whether to include commercial software. Many of the projects use licenses that would not qualify as OSI-certified licenses. Also, many commercial offerings (such as Red Hat Enterprise) are not an open source license but are related to open source and something we think IT decision makers should be aware of. We decided in the end to include both OSI-certified licenses and non-certifed (or even certifiable) licenses for completeness.
Another challenge we faced and still are struggling with is how to keep this resource up-to-date. Already some of the projects we reviewed have released new versions and or have experienced rapid adoption. Based on feedback we'll publish a new revision shortly. And we are debating turning the Catalogue into something more wiki-like in order to make it easier to take feedback and make updates. However, we don't want it to turn into a flame-war zone so we're thinking about ways to keep the editorial context.
If you have any feedback or suggestions I would love to hear it.
Posted at 11:05AM Jan 11, 2007 by dgynn in General | Comments[0]