[TriLUG] OpenSource equivalents matrix

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

You probably won't be happy with this answer, but for our corporate purposes, we use Bash in place of tasks you would do with Access. The database is formatted text or csv... Surprising how efficient and compatible all our "databases" are.  :-)

Jon (really old school) Carnes

---- 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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