[Leaplist] Free alternatives

[Bryan J Smith]

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 21:53 -0500, Bryan J Smith wrote:
> There's a lot of apples-to-oranges comparisons.  In general, I do _not_
> like these lists.  It tends to set the wrong expectations in some cases.
> In other cases, it wholly under-represents the value of the open source
> solution.
> E.g., MS Publisher to Scribus?  It's more like Adobe InDesign to
> Scribus.

Oh, another huge one -- Outlook to Thunderbird.  It should be more like
Outlook Express to Thunderbird and then, separately, Outlook to
Evolution (which is far more the direct equivalent) or Thunderbird
+Sunbird+etc... (less 1:1, but should be listed).

Sorry to continue in another post here, but I think this proves several
things I've said over the years ... I'll list my biggest three (3) ...

1.  Reference things by technologies, not product names.  It will force
you to understand what you're doing, not marketing.  ;)

2.  Learn alternatives on Windows itself (well before considering
Linux), especially when it comes to the storage of your data.

3.  Learn by pairing up with someone else in your same field, usage,
business, professional, etc... who already uses open standard and/or
source solutions.  They are most likely to give you solutions that work
for you.

I'll shut-up now.  ;)


-- 
Bryan J  Smith                Professional, Technical Annoyance
Mugshot Homepage:  http://mugshot.org/person?who=58wDcGKx6NcZAb
---------------------------------------------------------------
           Fission Power:  An Inconvenient Solution            


-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.