#+TITLE:     Free & Open Source Software Replacements
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Below given are a list of software which we have identified as a
replacement for the proprietary software packages listed in column 1.

|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Commercial Software / Usage                          | Recommended FOSS Equivalent | Other Packages |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| MATLAB                                               | [[file:matlab.org::sec-1][Scilab]]                      | [[file:matlab.org::sec-3][Octave]]         |
|                                                      | [[file:matlab.org::sec-2][SciPy]]                       |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Mathematica, Maple                                   | [[file:mathematica.org::sec-1][Sage]]                        | [[file:mathematica.org::sec-2][Maxima]]         |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Turbo C, Borland C                                   | [[file:turboc.org::sec-1][GCC]]                         |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Microsoft Office / Office Suite                      | [[file:office.org::sec-1][Open Office]] / [[file:office.org::sec-2][Libre Office]]  | [[file:office.org::sec-3][LaTeX]]          |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| S-Plus                                               | R                           |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| IDL                                                  | [[file:matlab.org::sec-2][SciPy]]                       |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Microsoft Windows                                    | [[file:windows.org::sec-1][GNU/Linux]]                   |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Tally                                                | GNU Khata                   |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| AutoCAd                                              | /no recommendations/        | [[file:autocad.org::sec-1][KiCAD]]          |
|                                                      |                             | [[file:autocad.org::sec-2][Freecad]]        |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Plotting tools                                       |                             | GNUPLOT        |
|                                                      | /no recommendations/        | Xmgrace        |
|                                                      |                             | XFIG           |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Cadence pSpice                                       | /no recommendations/        | ngspice        |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Pro/E                                                | /no recommendations/        | [[file:proe.org::sec-1][BRL-CAD]]        |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| MASM                                                 | /no recommendations/        | NASM           |
|                                                      |                             | FASM           |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Code composer Studio, IAR Workbench                  | /no recommendations/        | GNU Binutils   |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| VxWORKS                                              | /no recommendations/        | RTLinux        |
|                                                      |                             | RTAI           |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| KEIL 8051, MPLAB                                     | /no recommendations/        | [[file:keil.org::sec-1][SDCC]]           |
| KEIL ARM                                             |                             | [[file:keil.org::sec-2][GNU ARM]]        |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| synopsis-CosmosSE, Mentor-Icstudio, Cadence-Virtuoso | /no recommendations/        | Xcircuit       |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Mentor-ICstation, Cadence-Virtuoso                   | /no recommendations/        | Magic          |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| Modelsim                                             | /no recommendations/        | ghdl           |
|                                                      |                             | freehdl        |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|