Ever wondered what are the Open Source to that we commonly used? Here’s a summary of the list that was originally posted at WHDb.

Basics
1) Vista OS –> Ubuntu OS
2) Internet Explorer Browser –> Mozilla Firefox Browser

Office Suites
3) Microsoft Office –> OpenOffice
4) Mactopia –> NeoOffice

Office Tools
5) MathWorks MATLAB –> Scilab
6) Microsoft Access –> Kexi
7) Microsoft Word –> OpenOffice Writer
8) Microsoft Excel –> OpenOffice Calc
9) Micorosoft Visio –> Dia


Productivity
10) Blackboard –> Moodle
11) Box –> Cabos
12) Microsoft Projects –> Open Workbench
13) Mindjet –> Freemind

Graphic
14) Adobe Illustrator –> Inkscape
15) Adobe Photoshop –> GIMP
16) Adobe Premiere –> Avidemux
17) AutoCAD –> Archimedes
18) Microsoft Powerpoint –> OpenOffice Impress
19) Microsoft Paint –> TuxPaint
20) TruSpace - Blender

Web Editors
21) Adobe GoLive CS2 –> Mozilla SeaMonkey
22) Adobe Dreamweaver –> NVU
23) Microsoft Flash Professional –> OpenLaszlo
24) Microsoft Frontpage –> Bluefish
25) Notepad –> ConTEXT
26) Altova XMLSpy –> XML Copy Editor

Publishing
27) Adobe Acrobat –> PDFCreator
28) Adobe Framemaker –> DocBook
29) Microsoft Publisher –> Scribus

Communications
30) AIM –> Pidgin
31) FeedDemon –> RSS Bandit
32) Microsoft MSN Messenger –> aMSN
33) Microsoft Outlook –> Thunderbird
34) Skype –> Wengophone

Media
35) iTunes –> Songbird
36) Nero Burning ROM –> K3b
37) Quicktime –> Darwin Streaming Server
38) TiVo Desktop –> Galleon.tv
39) Media Player –> Miro

Utilities
40) CuteFTP –> Filezilla
41) iBackup –> ZManda
42) Norton Ghost –> Partition Image
43) Rational Purify –> Valgrind
44) Winzip — 7-zip

Security
45) Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal –> Winpooch
46) McAfee VirusScan –> ClamWin
47) Norton Personal Firewall –> WIPFW

Financial
48) Authorize.net –> OpenSSL
49) Microsoft Money (Plus) –> TurboCash
50) Quickbooks –> Compiere

If you want to see the full details of the list, visit the original post at WHDB

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