The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List

eWEEK recently named the most important open-source applications of all time. At the end of our list we asked, What did we miss? Well, according to some, w

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – GCC

GCC: The GNU Compiler Collection. (And, by far, the app named most often–and most vocally–as worthy of belonging on our original list.)

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Sendmail

Sendmail: Mail transfer agent (and the No. 2 most-oft-mentioned missed app).

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – BIND

BIND: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – FileZilla

FileZilla: FTP client.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – JBoss

JBoss: Application server.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Kermit

Kermit: File-transfer protocol and suite.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Mono

Mono: Software for running Microsoft .Net-compatible client and server apps on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Unix.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Squid

Squid: Caching proxy for the Web.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Wine

Wine: Compatibility layer for running Windows.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Apache Tomcat

Apache Tomcat: Servlet container.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – CVS and Subversion

CVS and Subversion: Version control systems.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – STAF

STAF (Software Testing Automation Framework): Multiplatform framework designed around the idea of reusable components.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Compiere and OpenMFG

Compiere and OpenMFG: ERP (enterprise resource planning) software.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – osCommerce

osCommerce: E-commerce management program.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – SugarCRM

SugarCRM: CRM (customer relationship management) platform.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Alfresco and Joomla

Alfresco and Joomla: Web content management systems.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Inkscape

Inkscape: Vector graphics tool.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Blender

Blender: 3-D graphics tool.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Audacity

Audacity: Sound editor. (Who makes podcasts without it? asked the reader who made this nod.)

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – LiveJournal

LiveJournal: Blogging tool.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Rosegarden

Rosegarden: MIDI and audio sequencer.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – JavaScript

JavaScript: The glue behind all AJAX/Web 2.0 apps, said the nominator of this app.

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Ogg Vorbis

Ogg Vorbis: Who needs MP3?

The Open-Source Apps That Missed Our List – Postfix

Postfix: Mail transfer agent.