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Here's a handy reference site:<BR>
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<BR>An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers. Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages. Three main groups of open source GIS (outside of web GIS) in terms of programming languages are: “C” languages, Java, and .NET.<BR>
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Full article: <A href="http://gislounge.com/open-source-gis-applications/">http://gislounge.com/open-source-gis-applications/</A><BR> </div></body>
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