Vote Ubuntu As "The Very Best Of Open Source"!

[holotone]

"What is the absolute best that the open source model has to offer? The term is usually applied to software specifically, but it is used in this open, collaborative list (http://www.grupthink.com/topic/821) to refer to any community developed project whose output is freely available to all to use and/or modify in any not-for-profit manner..."

Ubuntu is currently ranked in 5th place with 66 votes - Let's see if we can't make it to the top of the list!

[Kindred]

I'm not sure Ubuntu deserves #5 on that list let alone #1. C'mon.. Linux? Wikipedia? Apache?

[JurB]

yeah... i'de vote Linux, but you have to register, so i won't.

[tribaal]

I'm not sure Ubuntu deserves #5 on that list let alone #1. C'mon.. Linux? Wikipedia? Apache?

I agree. Don't get me wrong: Ubuntu rocks, but hey, you can't compare it to apache or wikipedia... I'm surprised MySql and PostgreSQL didn't rank higher, by the way.

- trib'

[mips]

I would vote for wikipedia but I won't register.

Ubuntu does not deserve #5, less so #1. You should vote based on merit.

[~LoKe]

Voted for Wikipedia. I see no reason to have Ubuntu and Linux both up there. Ubuntu doesn't belong.

[-Rick-]

Wikipedia, Apache, GCC ... kinda hard to choose :)
Anyway to lazy to create yet another account.

[coder_]

I see it as a silly thing to vote on, but... Impossible to choose my favorite software! :P

Ruby on Rails (Fantasic, by the way! Just started delving into it!)
Subversion
GCC
Eclipse
...Almost all fantastic.

I'm disappointed that they didn't have the Mongrel Web Server, but they had some stuff like "Microsoft Windows" in it. o_0

But... Is del.icio.us open source?!? 0_o I'm pretty sure it's not...

[Lord Illidan]

I don't think the poll is very well designed. First, I'd choose GNU C Compilers to be the Best Open Source project, and then Linux. Those catapulted Open Source to what it is today. And Ubuntu wouldn't be anything without Linux.

I think the people are looking too much at the apps and not at the tools used to build em.

[RChickenMan]

All I can say is that I strongly disagree with the current number one--Firefox. Sure, great browser, but definately doesn't have the kind of impact that Wikipedia does, or the sheer vastness of Linux. I think the fact that Firefox is number one shows that it is more of a popularity contest. Oh, yeah, and I am part of team "I didn't vote because I didn't want to register."

[Lord Illidan]

All I can say is that I strongly disagree with the current number one--Firefox. Sure, great browser, but definately doesn't have the kind of impact that Wikipedia does, or the sheer vastness of Linux. I think the fact that Firefox is number one shows that it is more of a popularity contest. Oh, yeah, and I am part of team "I didn't vote because I didn't want to register."

I agree with you there. Firefox and Wikipedia and Ubuntu are buzzwords. Not too many people know about gcc and perl and python though those are the real tools of change. Apache is good, no problem. OpenOffice is fine on the list, but I would put either Linux/GNU first.

And yeah, I didn't register..

[tbroderick]

First, I'd choose GNU C Compilers to be the Best Open Source project, and then Linux. Those catapulted Open Source to what it is today.

Well, I think Apache has been more successful then Linux. I would say GCC, Apache, and Sendmail would be my top three.

[dbbolton]

that's a toughie

[RChickenMan]

My main argument for Wikipedia being number one by a longshot is that it has real social impact outside of the computer world. I don't think you can really say the same thing for gcc...

[Christmas]

I see PHP and Python in the first ten, however where is Perl? It's open source from what I know.

[DC@DR]

Here is what I voted: No.1 is Linux kernel, second would be Firefox, third is Apache project, 4th is Ubuntu, 5th is Eclipse project :-)

[stimpack]

As much as I love Ubuntu it is not even top10 (and yes I really love Ubuntu), Linux/Debian/Gnu should be above it in the Linux field alone. Then you have giant collaborations like Wikipedia in a totally different league in terms of impact.

[froghopper]

If anyone does go and vote they should not vote for Ubuntu (good though it is) they really vote for Project Gutenberg currently languishing at 98. A collaborative project begun in 1971! A large percentage of literature on the net is down to them.