Hey Everyone,

I didnt really want to have to do this, I was hoping I could think of something on my own. But, I can't, so I'm asking for some ideas for a project to start developing. I have tried looking at other, "I need a project idea" threads, but only found windows development, or school homework projects. This is slightly different.

I'm thinking of starting a small software company, and by small, I mean, 1-2 projects, in my spare time. If it takes off, then I will invest more time into it, but at the moment, I just want a hobby thing.

Now, to the project ideas. Here are a few project parameters or constraints I would like to follow:

Web Based, ASP.NET
MS SQL Server 2005 as database engine
Alot of user interaction, so alot of AJAXy stuff.

Preferrably not something that has been done 500,000 times. Now this is because, well, its not a homework project, so I would like to release it to world, but think that having something done 500,000 times before is not a good start for my little company, as in, what can i do that other, better ones haven't, so people will use mine...

The project will initially be released as a Closed Source FREE to use where ever application. After the initial release, I will almost definately release it as open source.

I would Ideally love an application that I can market in 2 ways. If you have access to windows based hosting w/ sql server 2005, then, by all means, download and use to ur hearts content, if, however you dont, you may sign up and use the service through my website, which, of course, would be free.

If the project really takes off, then I would probably look at coding a PHP version for the non-windows users...(php5, mysql)

I cant really think of anything else at the moment that I would like the project to fit into, other than the above.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Cheers