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What projects does the opensource world lack (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there some project that the opensource world is missing that you think it needs?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Of they've replaced it they might be open to the idea of freeing up the source code?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's their decision, but it's very unlikely. Like much bespoke software that's evolved over a long time, it was a pretty messy codebase, and also mostly in perl and was entirely written to their exact needs. It worked because of me, which was a curse because they were unable to find another person to support it after I left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You had me at perl!