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

by bluerail on 2/4/15, 12:31 PM with 5 comments

  • by mtmail on 2/4/15, 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 AznHisoka on 2/4/15, 9:20 PM

    Google Translate.
  • by LarryMade2 on 2/4/15, 2:14 PM

    Facebook - that would be interesting...
  • by Quequau on 2/4/15, 1:32 PM

    All of IBM's Watson.