open source project

heya,

i am looking for any of your ideas for an open source project. I have a small team of talented programmers, and am curious if:

1. you have ever thought "oh it would be great if there was a program that did that"

2. you are experienced in c/c++, java and might be interested in joining us.

I know this post could be subject to abuse and outright silly suggestions, but i am hoping to get some intersting responses to add to my existing ideas.

Basically at the moment im thinking along the lines of a networking program that integrates communication between windows/linux/mac systems, (similar to samba somewhat) with no requirement for users to be on the same workgroups to share/view files. This is just a basis for my thoughts, and as always the more you think about things the more ideas arise..

All ideas are welcome, hope to hear some interesting comments.

If your interested in this project, either post here or mail me at

twanas@iinet.net.au

thanks

-twans

Rather than trying to think up a new project, why not join an existing one? The vast majority of projects on SourceForge are non-starters. Pick a project that's doing something worthwhile, and help them out.

If you have to think hard to come up with something to do, then you won't end up with something that meets a real need. And meeting a real need is the one absolute requirement for any project's survival.

Ernest,

i completely agree with your suggestion, however i am somewhat new to this area. i am confident my programming skills are strong enough, however am still exploring different possibilities.

As well as that starting a project -although difficult- would have additional sense of achievement i would imagine.

thanks for your quick reply!

-twans