[clue-talk] Open Source Alternatives

[bill ehlert]

--- Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> At the CLUE North meeting someone had asked
> about
> obtaining open source applications to help ween
> users
> off of commercial software.
> 
> http://www.osalt.com/ is a site that lets you
> search
> for names of commercial software and list OSS
> alternatives and tells you which platforms they
> will
> run on.
> 
> Brian



**  somebody's confused here (and it
    may well be me).

    i went there and tried a search
    on   microsoft word   and got:


44 matching pages 

 Microsoft Word 2003
Word is the number one most widely used word
processor - home users, academic institutions and
a huge number of enterprises all use Microsoft
Word. Word has continued to evolve through the
years and... 

 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
For any business that need to keep track of
customers - Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the perfect
solution, if you already have a Microsoft
environment. Integrates with the Microsoft Office
applications... 

 Microsoft Publisher 2003
When it comes to Desktop Publishing (DTP)
Microsoft offers Publisher. It provides more
control over document elements than Microsoft
Word through a DTP oriented approach. Is by many
considered an... 

 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
For messaging and collaboration Microsoft
Exchange Server is one of the most used
platforms. Together for Microsoft Outlook this is
a powerful solution for enterprises of any size. 

 Microsoft Outlook 2003
As part of the Microsoft Office suit or offered
in your enterprise if they are using Microsoft's
mail server - Outlook is difficult not notice.
Microsoft Outlook is a mail client that also
integrates... 

 Microsoft Excel 2003
The lack of competition for spreadsheet
applications and the massive deployment of
Microsoft Office makes Excel the most used
application of its type. Apart from basic
spreadsheet features - Excel... 

 Microsoft Media Player 10
Available as freeware from Microsoft - Media
Player is the default choice when it comes to
playing either music or video on the Microsoft
Windows platforms. Media Player also allows you
to rip your... 

 Microsoft Powerpoint 2003
Powerpoint is the most used presention software
on the market. It comes as part of the Microsoft
Office suite as one of the core applications.
Powerpoint has many advanced features but is not
always... 

 Microsoft SQL Server 2005
As backend for Microsoft products that require a
database - Microsoft SQL Server is available to
make integration and development simple and easy.
SQL Server is today considered one of the top
3... 

 Microsoft Outlook Express 6
Microsoft Outlook Express ships as part of the
Microsoft Internet Explorer freeware package.
Outlook Express provides basic internet mail
support, but works as a usenet news reader. As a
mail client... 


**  and so on and so on . . .





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