#+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                                  | Recommended FOSS Equivalent | Other Packages |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
| MATLAB                                               | [[file:matlab.org::sec-1][Scilab]]                      | [[file:matlab.org::sec-2][Octave]]         |
| AutoCad                                              |                             | KiCad          |
|                                                      |                             | Freecad        |
| Mathematica                                          | Sage                        | Maxima         |
| Maple                                                | Sage                        | Maxima         |
| Turbo C                                              | GCC                         |                |
| Microsoft Office                                     | Open Office                 | LaTeX          |
|                                                      |                             | Libre Office   |
| Microsoft Windows                                    | GNU/Linux                   |                |
| MS OFFICE Plotting tools                             | Xmgrace, XFIG, GNUPLOT      |                |
| Cadence pSpice                                       | ngspice                     |                |
| Pro/E                                                | BRL-CAD                     |                |
| MASM                                                 | NASM, FASM                  |                |
| Code composer Studio, IAR Workbench                  | GNU Binutils                |                |
| VxWORKS                                              | RTLinux, RTAI               |                |
| KEIL 8051                                            | SDCC                        |                |
| synopsis-CosmosSE, Mentor-Icstudio, Cadence-Virtuoso | Xcircuit                    |                |
| Mentor-ICstation, Cadence-Virtuoso                   | Magic                       |                |
| Modelsim                                             | ghdl, freehdl               |                |
| S-Plus                                               | R                           |                |
|------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|