[Gllug] Reverse question - what FLOSS s/w is better than secret-source?

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Fri, March 13, 2009 08:54, Richard Huxton wrote:
> Hmm - I suppose we need to distinguish between "reasonably priced" and
> "price no object".
>
> I was going to say that we should probably rule out things like
> "pgAdmin" on the grounds that you wouldn't use a closed-source app to
> manage a BSD database, but there actually *are* a lot of graphical apps
> that do that, so let's allow anything.
>
> Here's three to start off.
>
>
> PostgreSQL
> Best "reasonably priced" database. MS-SQL locks you into a Microsoft
> stack (nice fit if that's already where you are). Oracle/DB2 will beat
> it in certain key environments, but are in the "price no object" bracket
> as far as I am concerned.
>
> Wireshark
> I remember paying hundreds for network logging/analysing software. I'm
> guessing ethereal/wireshark has killed that market.
>
> Live/Portable systems
> Any run from usb/cd app/system. At a first glance almost all of those
> are open-source. Along with remote access to systems via the internet,
> live system-rescue CDs are the greatest support tool since the
> screwdriver.
>
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>   Richard Huxton
>   Archonet Ltd
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>

Well, that is easy...


apache

firefox

mplayer / ffmpeg

perl, python, ruby

php

drupal

pidgin

kde/gnome (maybe)

inkscape (?)

bash

linux / BSD (maybe)

amaroK (maybe)

jack audio connection kit

OSC (open sound control), e.g. liblo, oscpack

nmap

webmin

openssh

gtk+

qt

samba

lame

tiki-wiki

blender (maybe)


etc.



Salsaman.
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