Ask HN: An algorithm for an open source data mining application
If you start building an open source application for data mining, what algorithm would you like to see implemented first for data analysis? And why?
- Normally is easier to sell software support than software licensing and for this is good to open your source, as will be possible to gather collaboration of other people;
- Gathering collaboration for other people is easy to recruitment of new talents;
- Larger market players will offer different services if they try to take advantage of open-source, and even if they offer the same service, costumers prefer the core maintainers when making big contracts for support.
- Open your code will help to make a software with better quality, as when you can't get time to fix some bugs some people can do this if it is of big priority for them.
If you start building an open source application for data mining, what algorithm would you like to see implemented first for data analysis? And why?