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#+TITLE: Free & Open Source Software Replacements
#+AUTHOR: Anoop Jacob Thomas
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#+DATE: 2011-05-10 Tue
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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 | [[file:tally.org::sec-1][GNUKhata]] | |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| 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 |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|