Teknoids

The following fifty proprietary programs are listed in no particular order within broad categories along with their open source alternatives. In some cases you could probably write your own book on frustrations with the proprietary programs shown here. In other cases, you’ll discover that the open source alternative isn’t quite up to snuff yet. And, in other cases still, you’ll learn that some proprietary programs are real gems, but that the open source advocate can replace those gems with equally shiny objects from the open source repertoire.

The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives | WHDb

This is a great list that includes a head to head comparison of 50 closed source, commercial apps and their open source, no cost alternatives.  Yes, some only run in Linux, but for the most part, any MSFT app you can think of has an open source alternative that runs nicely in Windows.  Perhaps a litle experiment loading all of these Windows apps is in order, just to see what happens.

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