[advocacy-discuss] Software 'wish list'!

[HeCSa]

My two cents is a piece of software which is *not* opensource, but
really needed: Skype, or any program to understand his protocol.

Thanks, and best regards,

HeCSa.




On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 19:06 -0700, "C. Bergström" wrote:
> Uros Nedic wrote:
> >   To whom it may concern!
> >
> >   This is 'wish list' of software me and my colleagues (and other
> > people, too) would like to see ported on OpenSolaris.
> >
> >   
> I don't mean to rain on your parade, but how much of this stuff is open 
> source?  Commercial software if I'm not mistaken is generally market 
> driven.  If you're truly interested in results I'd identify the closest 
> open source counterpart.. ensure it's ported to opensolaris and lastly 
> implement the missing features/functionality you and your colleagues 
> need.  If you can't code then maybe you can contribute in other ways.
> > 1. Adobe (whole software portfolio)
> > 2. Wolfram Research - Mathematica
> > 3. MathWorks - Matlab
> > 4. CATIA (Computer aided engineering software)
> > 5. Cadence (whole software portfolio but OrCad first)
> > 6. Autodesk (whole software portfolio)
> > 7. Agilent Technologies (whole software portfolio)
> > 8. National Instruments (whole software portfolio)
> >
> >   Maybe, SUN could think about giving software engineering support and
> > with joint forces with above mentioned companies to port all these
> > software.
> >
> >   
> ...
> >   After that OpenSolaris will be best platform for any user.
> >   
> There's no panacea in terms of platforms..
> 
> 
> ./C
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