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From: gerhard.nospam@bigfoot.de (Gerhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4ring?=)
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Subject: Re: Open Source Approach (was Progress on AdaOS)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 03:04:20 +0200
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:17:04 GMT, Warren W. Gay VE3WWG <ve3wwg@home.com> wrote:
>[...]
>The one thing that bugs me now is that there are so _many_ different
>products for Linux/FreeBSD, that it can be time consuming picking
>the best of breed. I wish RedHat or some other organization would 
>provide an "Evaluation Service", in order to save us time.
>
>One way it might work, is that you get a 3 point evaluation for free:
>
>   1 - Gotta have
>   2 - OK
>   3 - Don't bother
>
>but for better grading results, you pay for the service. Something like
>the following, or maybe a 10-point system:
>
>   1 - Gotta have
>   2 - Excellent
>   3 - Above par
>   4 - par
>   5 - below par
>   6 - Poor 
>   7 - Don't bother
>
>Additionally, perhaps a "usefulness" measurement. For example, there
>must be a ton of "list your directory in colour" scripts, commands and
>whatever (usefulness = very low). I hate wasting my time sorting 
>through these less useful contributions.

This feature is now available on freshmeat.net. You can rate the entries.

Sourceforge.net even has a rating system for open-source developers (coding
skills/leadership/...).

Gerhard
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