DAMICON'S LIST OF OPEN SOFTWARE

This List of Open Software is comprised largely of open-source packages. Most people who review the list below are surprised by the quantity and depth of open-source software. Many of us think of Linux when we hear "open source". While Linux is a great example of the open-source process, it is a small segment of the movement. Many open-source applications are available for Microsoft Windows and the Apple Macintosh.

Take a tour of open-source software by following some of the links below. You'll be amazed!

Commercial Software Category	Open-Source Equivalent
AntiVirus Software (eg. Norton, McAfee)	No open source tools recommended Use Grisoft AVG or AntiVir
Application Servers (eg. IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic)	Enhydra JBoss JOnAS Tomcat (servlet container) Zope
Asset Management (eg. Intuit, Peregrine, Remedy)	IRM
Audio Editing (eg. Sony Sound Forge, Syntrillium Cool Edit)	Audacity GLAME
Backup Utilities (eg. CA ARCserve, Legato, Veritas)	Amanda BackupPC Bacula Rsync
BioInformatics (multiple highly specialized vendors)	Open BioInformatics Foundation OpenInformatics
Business Graphics (eg. Microsoft Visio)	Dia Kivio OpenOffice Draw StarOffice Draw Xfig
CD / DVD Burning (eg. Adaptec RecordNow, Roxio CD Creator)	ECLiPt Roaster X-CD-Roast
Configuration Management (eg. IBM Rational ClearCase)	Arch CVS OpenCM PRCS RCS Stellation Subversion
Content Management Systems (eg. Documentum, Interwoven, Vignette)	Bricolage Drupal Mambo PHP-Nuke phpWebSite Plone PostNuke Xaraya
CRM (eg. Microsoft CRM, Siebel)	Anteil Compiere SugarCRM
Database Software (eg. Microsoft Access, SQL Server)	Firebird Gaby Knoda MySql Novinyl PostgreSQL Qddb
Database Tools (eg. Crystal Reports, ERWin, Microsoft Access)	Agata Report DBDesigner 4 mySiteMaker Total Rekall
Desktop Publishing (eg. Microsoft Publisher, Quark Xpress)	Scribus
Directory Servers (eg. Microsoft Active Directory)	OpenLDAP
Disk Imaging (eg. Norton Ghost)	Mondo Partition Image
E-mail Applications (eg. Microsoft Outlook Express)	KMail Mozilla and Thunderbird Sylpheed Ximian Evolution
E-mail List Manager	PHPlist
E-mail Servers - POP and SMTP (eg. Microsoft Exchange)	Exim qmail InterNetNews Majordomo SendMail SquirrelMail
E-mail Servers - IMAP	Courier IMAP Cyrus IMAP UW IMAP
ERP Software (eg. Oracle, SAP, Intuit QuickBooks	Compiere GNUCash GNU Enterprise NOLA OpenMFG SQL Ledger
FAX Server (eg. Biscom)	HylaFAX
File Compression (eg. PKzip, WinZip)	7-zip Ark bzip2 gzip
Flash Viewers (eg. Macromedia Flash)	Flash for other OS's
Forums, Blogs (Weblogs) or Bulletin Boards	EasyMoblog phpBB Pivot Thingamablog YaBB Yet Another Forum.net
Graphics and Image Editors (eg. Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop)	CinePaint GIMP ImageMagick Karbon Sodipodi
Groupware (eg. Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes)	dotProject Horde Kolab Mimerdesk OpenGroupware phpCollab phpGroupWare PHProjeckt TUTOS
Help Desk (eg. BMC Remedy, FrontPage Heat, Intuit Track-It)	Bugzilla Information Resource Manager OneOrZero phpSupport php Support Tickets RT: Request Tracker
HTML Editors (eg. DreamWeaver, FrontPage, HomeSite)	Bluefish Mozilla Composer Nvu Quanta Plus
Instant Messaging (eg. AIM, MSN, Yahoo!)	Ayttm Gaim GnomeICU Licq
Integrated Dev Environments (eg. Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Studio)	Anjuta Eclipse GLADE GNU Compiler Collection GNU Project Debugger NetBeans XEmacs
Learning (or Course) Management System	Moodle
Modeling Tools (eg. IBM Rational Rose, CA AllFusion)	ArgoUML
Network Diagramming and Monitoring	Ethereal Etherape MRTG ntop Snort (intrusion detection)
Network Management Tools (eg. HP OpenView, Microsoft SMS)	Cheops Nagios OpenNMS
Office Productivity Suites (eg. Microsoft Office)	GNOME Office KOffice OpenOffice StarOffice
Operating Systems (eg. Microsoft Windows)	freeBSD freeDOS Linux NetBSD OpenBSD Samba (file/print services)
PDF File Viewer and Creator (eg. Adobe Acrobat)	GhostScript PDFCreator
Personal Financial Managers (eg. Microsoft Money, Intuit Quicken	GNUCash
Personal Information Managers (eg. Microsoft Outlook)	Aethera KDE-PIM Linux Organizer TreeLine TuxCards Ximian Evolution
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)	GnuPP GPG
Portal Servers (eg. Microsoft Sharepoint, Plumtree, Vignette)	Gluecode (built on open source) Metadot
Presentation Software (eg. Microsoft Powerpoint)	OpenOffice Impress StarOffice Impress
Programming Languages	Perl PHP Python Ruby
Project Management and Collaboration (eg. Microsoft Project)	Achievo GanttProject Mr Project NetOffice Open Workbench Outreach Project Tool Planner TUTOS
Remote Access (eg. Symantec pcAnywhere)	freeS/WAN rdesktop VNC - Virtual Network Computing UltraVNC
Security (eg. firewalls, scanners)	Firestarter (firewall) IPCop (firewall) Nessus (scanner) Nikto (scanner) Nmap (scanner) Paros (proxy) SmoothWall (firewall)
Spam Filters (eg. MailWasher, SpamEater)	MailScanner POPFile SpamAssassin SpamBayes
Spreadsheets (eg. Microsoft Excel)	Gnumeric OpenOffice Calc StarOffice Calc
Terminal Server (eg. Microsoft Windows Terminal Server)	Linux Terminal Server Project
Test Tools (eg. IBM Rational, Mercury Interactive, Segue)	Apache JMeter Load Tester JUnit Testing Framework Open Source Test Tools List
Text Editors (eg. Microsoft Notepad)	Emacs gedit gnotepad+ JEdit Vim
Text File Merging (eg. Araxis Merge, Microsoft WinDiff)	WinMerge
Video Editing	Jahshaka
Video Players (WinDVD, PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer)	MPlayer RealPlayer for other OS's
Virtual Meetings (eg. Microsoft NetMeeting / Messenger)	GnomeMeeting
Web Browsers (eg. Microsoft Internet Explorer)	Galeon Konqueror Mozilla Browser and Firebird Opera
Web and FTP Servers (eg. Microsoft IIS)	Apache HTTP Server FileZilla ProFTPD Squid Proxy and Cache
Word Processors (eg. Microsoft Word)	AbiWord OpenOffice Writer StarOffice Writer

Today is Tuesday,
September 7, 2004

Feeling Locked In?

Don't let the major software vendors lock you in. Firms like Adobe, Computer Associates, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec and others have great products. But business is about choices. You have other options and you owe it to yourself and your budget to examine them.

Open source is not for everyone (but neither is Windows). DAMICON simply wants to help you to make an informed decision.

All software available without charge is not the same. If you'd like to learn more about software categories and licensing methods, read this article at the Free Software Foundation.

The list on this page is not intended to be a complete and all-inclusive review. If you know of a software package that you think should be on this list please email us .

Much more comprehensive information can be found at SourceForge.

If you're interested in the use of open-source software in primary and secondary education, please visit Schoolforge.