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

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

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

BIND: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain.

FileZilla: FTP client.

JBoss: Application server.

Kermit: File-transfer protocol and suite.

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

Squid: Caching proxy for the Web.

Wine: Compatibility layer for running Windows.

Apache Tomcat: Servlet container.

CVS and Subversion: Version control systems.

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

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

osCommerce: E-commerce management program.

SugarCRM: CRM (customer relationship management) platform.

Alfresco and Joomla: Web content management systems.

Inkscape: Vector graphics tool.

Blender: 3-D graphics tool.

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

LiveJournal: Blogging tool.

Rosegarden: MIDI and audio sequencer.

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

Ogg Vorbis: Who needs MP3?

Postfix: Mail transfer agent.