Ask HN: Which product would you like to see open sourced?

by bluerailon 2/4/2015, 12:31 PMwith 5 comments

by mtmailon 2/4/2015, 1:13 PM

Geographic data, especially postal codes. In a lot (most?) countries the postal office is sponsored using tax payer money, but acts like a corporation, sells the data and adds various restrictions to the data. Newest example is Ireland where postcodes are about to get introduced: you can't get a full list of postcodes without paying.

by AznHisokaon 2/4/2015, 9:20 PM

Google Translate.

by LarryMade2on 2/4/2015, 2:14 PM

Facebook - that would be interesting...

by Quequauon 2/4/2015, 1:32 PM

All of IBM's Watson.