open source alternatives to popular websites
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Hello,
The other day I came across Jaiku, which is a well structured microblogging system open sourced by Google.
It surprised me I had never heard about this, so I was wondering what other open source alternatives exist for mainstream websites?
I am not asking about forums, eCommerce, wiki's, CMS's, etc, where the market leaders are already well known open source applications (phpBB, osCommerce, Mediawiki, Drupal).
But what about open source alternatives for:
- Social networking (Facebook)?
- Classified advertising (Craigslist)?
- Jobs (CareerBuilder)?
- Dating (eHarmony)?
Or any other field that is defined by a commercial website, as Twitter does for microblogging.
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