Compiled database of all software in the world
The Software Internet Database project has opened on the Internet - a global database of all software ever released in the history of mankind: operating systems, financial software, browsers, graphic editors, games, and much more.
The project has just begun its work: only about three hundred programs are presented in it so far, but it is replenishing very quickly (in two days the catalog has grown three times).
Of course, the distribution files themselves are not laid out on the site, because most of them are released under commercial licenses, which prohibit distribution by third parties. The SoftwareIDB website compiles an information catalog with the names and descriptions of the programs. All interested persons are invited to replenish it. Any visitor can edit entries on the site. First of all, the program developers themselves are invited, who can “hammer” information about all their developments into the database. You can send this information in a simpler way: for example, by e-mail .
After SoftwareIDB is filled with information, the researchers of the software market will have at their disposal a fairly powerful analytical tool. Here you can search by program name and by manufacturer. Thus, you can trace the history of various versions of a program, as well as explore the range of the company-developer. Each program in the catalog contains a brief description indicating the price, main characteristics and photos (if any).
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It must be said that there are quite a few software catalogs on the Internet, for example, Sourceforge , Freshmeat , Tinyapps , PacketStormSecurity , Rubyforge , Luaforge , MobyGames and many others. These are both specialized sites and universal catalogs, but not one of them claims to be absolute globality, like the new SoftwareIDB database, which anybody can add to. This project should differ for the better from all its predecessors by the logical sorting of programs into thematic categories with the ability to search for each of them.
The project has just begun its work: only about three hundred programs are presented in it so far, but it is replenishing very quickly (in two days the catalog has grown three times).
Of course, the distribution files themselves are not laid out on the site, because most of them are released under commercial licenses, which prohibit distribution by third parties. The SoftwareIDB website compiles an information catalog with the names and descriptions of the programs. All interested persons are invited to replenish it. Any visitor can edit entries on the site. First of all, the program developers themselves are invited, who can “hammer” information about all their developments into the database. You can send this information in a simpler way: for example, by e-mail .
After SoftwareIDB is filled with information, the researchers of the software market will have at their disposal a fairly powerful analytical tool. Here you can search by program name and by manufacturer. Thus, you can trace the history of various versions of a program, as well as explore the range of the company-developer. Each program in the catalog contains a brief description indicating the price, main characteristics and photos (if any).
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It must be said that there are quite a few software catalogs on the Internet, for example, Sourceforge , Freshmeat , Tinyapps , PacketStormSecurity , Rubyforge , Luaforge , MobyGames and many others. These are both specialized sites and universal catalogs, but not one of them claims to be absolute globality, like the new SoftwareIDB database, which anybody can add to. This project should differ for the better from all its predecessors by the logical sorting of programs into thematic categories with the ability to search for each of them.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4126/
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