[TriLUG] OpenSource equivalents matrix

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 14:08:13 EDT 2007


btw - there is no "drop-in" replacement for Access: not even SQL Server will
open true .mdt files :-/

On 9/5/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm so sick of Winblows I'm writing an executive with an executive summary
> of OpenSource equivalents. Can anyone add to this?
>
>    Microsoft Word
>
> OpenOffice.org Writer, Abiword
>
> Microsoft Excel
>
> OpenOffice.org Calc, Gnumeric
>
> Microsoft PowerPoint
>
> OpenOffice.org Impress
>
> Microsoft Access
>
> MySQL, PostgreSQL, OpenOffice.org Base
>
>
>   OpenOffice.org Draw
>
>
>   OpenOffice.org Math
>
> Microsoft Outlook
>
> Evolution, Mozilla Thunderbird
>
> Contivity VPN Client
>
> OpenVPN
>
> MSN/Microsoft Office Communicator
>
> GAIM, aMSN, Kopete, etc.
>
> Internet Explorer
>
> IE on Linux, Firefox, Konqueror, etc.
>
> NetMeeting
>
> Ekiga
>
> WinZip
>
> included functionality
>
> Symantec Anti-virus
>
>
>    ESD Desktop Manager
>
> Repository architecture already part of Linux
>
> Java
>
> Java
>
> Eclipse
>
> Eclipse
>
> Sun NetBeans
>
> Sun NetBeans
>
> JBoss
>
> JBoss
>
> BEA WebLogic
>
> BEA WebLogic
>
> TOAD
>
> SQuirreL SQL Client
>
> WinCVS
>
> Cervisia, CVS, Eclipse integrated CVS
>
> Rational UML tools
>
> ArgoUML, Umbrello
>
> WinMerge
>
> diff, k3diff GUI
>
> Remote Assistance,
>
> Remote Management
>
> Equivalent or better tools
>
>
> Thanks!
> TimJowers
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