The European Commission has launched the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue (EU OSS Catalogue) today, 31 March, making it publicly accessible through the Interoperable Europe Portal.
So I guess the question is… Next time someone (who?) is looking for an easy way to find software projects - will they use this portal? Will they be able to even find it, and if they do, will it help them find the software they need? Will it prevent people from re-implementing software, and if it does, will it move them to support an existing project, or just not do anything at all?
Sorry, I guess that’s actually a bunch of questions :P But I’m not optimistic about the answers to them, and then my automatic next question is: I wonder how much it has cost to build this?
So I guess the question is… Next time someone (who?) is looking for an easy way to find software projects - will they use this portal? Will they be able to even find it, and if they do, will it help them find the software they need? Will it prevent people from re-implementing software, and if it does, will it move them to support an existing project, or just not do anything at all?
Sorry, I guess that’s actually a bunch of questions :P But I’m not optimistic about the answers to them, and then my automatic next question is: I wonder how much it has cost to build this?
I have no idea myself. The group I would like to see this would be institutions rather than the average person.