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February 21, 2008 | Comments: (0)

Open source alternatives to 50 proprietary apps

Jimmy Atkinson sent me a link to his blog WHdb with an article that gives alternatives to 50 top proprietary applications. While the focus is more end user than IT infrastructure, it's a pretty comprehensive list. Who knew there were alternatives to Norton Ghost, McAfee Anti-Virus, AutoCAD, Acrobat and others. Check it out.

Posted by Zack Urlocker on February 21, 2008 07:05 AM


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Well thats a fairly profound viewpoint and the source code will be available for the end-user to modify according to his requirements.

Posted by: cranium1200 at March 2, 2008 07:57 PM

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