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Best Open Source Alternatives To Enterprise Apps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-do-you-think dept.

PeekAB00 writes "With 2009 IT budgets getting chopped down John Perez came up with this list of 25 best alternatives to enterprise applications (e.g DimDim over Webex, SugarCRM instead of Seibel, Zenoss over HP OpenView). John's list is somewhat eclectic. I am curious to hear what other enterprise (let's be frank ... expensive) apps I can replace this year with open source ones. I am particularly interested in back-up and email archiving suggestions."

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  1. Which Enterprise? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NX-1
    NCC1701
    NCC1701a
    NCC1701D
    NCC1701E

    1. Re:Which Enterprise? by TrekkieGod · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be NCC 1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D. Or even E.

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  2. OpenOffice works on Windows??? by theaveng · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish someone had told me that sooner.

    I was led to believe I had to install Linux *first* before I could use OpenOffice. Now that makes me wonder what other free alternatives exist for common applications - like PowerPoint. Why waste money buying expensive software when I can just use zero-cost alternatives?

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    1. Re:OpenOffice works on Windows??? by Andr+T. · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't you know that Linux runs on top of Windows? Someone mentioned it yesterday. It should be easy to install!

      (ok... are you for real? OpenOffice HAS a Powerpoint replacement)

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    2. Re:OpenOffice works on Windows??? by niteice · · Score: 2, Funny

      Someone tell me that parent is not serious.

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    3. Re:OpenOffice works on Windows??? by JCSoRocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      Didn't you read the articles from yesterday's slashdot? There's no such thing as free software. That's a harmful lie and it shouldn't be spread. Now hand over that pirated OO.org CD.

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    4. Re:OpenOffice works on Windows??? by thtrgremlin · · Score: 5, Funny

      The parent is not serious.

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  3. Re:Database Sofware by AndrewNeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because nobody wants a LAPP stack, that just sounds silly.

  4. Other ways to cut costs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Lets take the example of an expensive e-mail archiving app. How are they billing you?

    If it's per e-mail address, then pair employees and have them share the same e-mail address. Costs cut in half.

    If it's per e-mail, then tell employees to always send 2 messages at a time, concatenated.

    If it's per MB, then ask your employees to mail less.

    If it's a flat rate for the whole company, then pair employees with another company, and have them share the same e-mail address.

  5. Re:Database Sofware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd also argue for FreeBSD over Linux.

    Everyone likes a good FAPP stack.

  6. Re:Lame by thtrgremlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not sure if that would qualify as 'enterprise', but a good suggestion. I think this article would ALSO be popular on digg.

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  7. Re:SugarCRM is old hat. by rho · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://demo.opengoo.org/en_us/index.php

    Not Found
    The requested URL /en_us/index.php was not found on this server.
    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
    Apache/2.2.10 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.10 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at demo.opengoo.org Port 80

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  8. a critical application for our enterprise by Luyseyal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am hoping someone can suggest a replacement for "Hello World" which, according to our engineers, is a critical application for our enterprise.

    Sincerely,
    PHB

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  9. Actaully... by mengel · · Score: 2, Funny

    A LAPP stack sounds kind of cool... Folks could call themselves LAPP-landers.

    Of course, like LAMP as an acronym, it still suffers from the potential disagreement about what the last P stands for (Perl, PHP, Python, ...) (note preceding list is in alphabetical order and implies no stated preference :-))

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  10. Re:Can't take recommendations seriously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't even need to say which is the better alternative because everyone knows what it is.

    MS Access?

  11. Re:Database Sofware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    No but a LAPP dance isn't all that bad...

  12. Re:It's astroturf. by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Funny

    This guy got him beat:
    http://www.amazon.com/review/R1PPJ35WY17216

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  13. FAPP by berend+botje · · Score: 2, Funny
    I use a FAPP stack.

    FreeBSD, Apache, Perl, Postgresql

    Best decision I ever made.