Comments on: Shopping at the open source mall...with Optaros as your guide

Optaros just launched its Enterprise Open Source Directory, which provides an excellent way to quickly review the latest and greatest open source software.

[guysnir]

Important mission

I am a strong believer in promoting Enterprise Open Source.

I feel that some Open Source aspects are familiar outside the FOSS community (mainly infrastructure components) while others (Enterprise Information Solutions for example) are making progress, but still need a lot more PR.

I think that their idea of adding Case Studies is great. Many corporations require them, so this surely will be a valuable resource.

I have been running the website http://www.eoslist.com, which has a similar concept to the mentioned EOS Directory of cataloging enterprise solutions, in hope of spreading the word...

Guy Snir

[tristanbob]

Thanks for sharing this site

I am a huge proponent of informing people about the gems that are to be found in open source. Sure there are hundreds of thousands of open source projects, but if you can identify a handful of the best projects in each category, then it becomes useful.

In the past I have directed people to these sites:

Linux App Finder
http://linuxappfinder.com/

Open Source Alternatives
http://www.osalt.com/

LOOP List - List of Open source Programs
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ListOfOpenSourcePrograms

Keep up the good work, I really enjoy reading your blog and learning about all the neat companies and projects that you mention.

[tristanbob]

Limited list AND they include non open source

After spending some time on this site, I learned two things:

1. They do not include enough apps (will get better with time)

2. They list non-open source software. This is unacceptable content on a site called "Enterprise Open Source Directory". I have emailed them my opinion. Let's hope they correct this mistake.

Tristan Rhodes