[svlug] Wish there was a program that..

[Madhu M. Kurup]

Tim wrote:
>     So I was thinking I could create a web site where people could
>post descriptions of programs that they wished there was a Free Software
>project for.  Then aimless aspiring developers like myself could browse
>those descriptions, find something interesting, possibly get in touch
>with the person who requested it, start a project, and post a link to
>their project's web site when they're ready for visitors.

I hate to be the bearer of sad news, but what you are describing has
already been done [1]. The concept itself, termed lazy-web has become
recently popular [2]. The idea is apparently expected [3] to ease 
information flow from the end users to developers, feature requests get 
coded, blah... :)

Cheerio,
M

[1] http://www.lazyweb.org/
[2] http://www.blackbeltjones.com/work/mt/archives/000190.html
[3] http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/01/07/lazyweb.html

 Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk at yahoo-inc dt com