"A repository of innovative ideas" - A Ubuntu sub-project

[Sridhar Ratna]

This article discusses about the trouble with open source - centered around 
"lack of innovation"

http://www.bcs.org/BCS/Products/publishing/itnow/OnlineArchive/sep05/itnowextra/memberview.htm

It's all about "brainstorming for ideas". Few OSS hackers seem to be doing 
this. Once they get the "killer" idea (one which is not obvious for others), 
anyone can start working on that. A few such OSS projects include - python 
(based on lisp, but really an innovation, IMO), dashboard, ? ...

Many sw companies, have 'research' team within it. I believe OSS programmers 
can to do this research (or call it brainstorming for provocative ideas) 
themselves. I learned this only by working for a commercial company. It 
would definitely help me in my open source work.

At this stage I would like to start a sub-community work inside Ubuntu, the 
whole purpose of which includes

1. Brainstorm for innovative ideas (Arrive at the problem now, not the 
solution)
2. Think all provocative possibilities centered around products

The development team (which include all OSS hackers), can then take any of 
those innovative ideas and starting working on that (they can do some real 
cool work as they will be solving touch problems). Writing a GUI Cd 
recording app is not really so cool than writing something that's *new*.

-- 
Sridhar Ratna - http://www.livejournal.com/users/nearfar/
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