Looking for areas where an open source alternative is feasible and required.If possible, explain Feasibility in terms of implementation and profitability.
I believe almost everything in the public education "stack" should be open. That would go a long way toward equalizing the opportunities available to students and staff in public schools. There is plenty of funding available for education-related products, but most of that is steered toward private companies. The quality of these products is often abysmal, particularly in the UI/ UX area and interoperability.
Most of the things I can think of are firmware, like for tractors, thermostats, hearing aids, etc. Things that are generally so proprietary that it's hurting the industries.
A free software implementation of SystemVerilog for hardware guys. Hardware development is rapidly growing and the ways to over come its complexity in verification all requires proprietary software tools.
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