When you’re bootstrapping a new business you look everywhere to save money. Here’s a list of ten pieces of software that are the cream of the crop of open source software for Windows. Not only is every piece of it free, almost all of them directly replace expensive software packages.
1. Firefox
Replaces Internet Explorer2. Thunderbird
Replaces Microsoft Outlook or Eudora3. Sunbird
Replaces Microsoft Outlook’s calendaring functions4. Abiword
Replaces Microsoft Word5. OpenOffice
Replaces Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint6. ClamWin
Replaces Norton AntiVirus or McAfee7. GIMPShop
Replaces Adobe Photoshop8. GanttPV
Replaces Microsoft Project9. GnuCash
Replaces Microsoft Money or Quicken10. Freemind
Freemind is a “mind mapping� software program. In essence, it enables you to brainstorm and link together ideas quickly, creating “maps� of concepts similar to what you might do on a whiteboard.For 20 more pieces of open source Windows software, go here.
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Free For Use « My Life With IT on December 20th, 2006 at 12:56 am
[...] It is such a pleasure to know that there are free software out there for us to download and use. I love this list that Business Opportunities Weblog has kindly compiled and linked to the respective software. There’s even a free anti-virus download introduced! Gosh, I didn’t know that! [...]