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Cost Effective Alternatives to Business Productivity Products - Open Source products for email, calendars, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Office
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May 17, 2012
Cost Effective Alternatives to Business Productivity Programs
Andy Kastrup, ProTronics Technologies, Inc.Art Zemon, Hen’s Teeth NetworkBeth Richter, ProTronics Technologies, Inc.Jeff Arneson, JLJ TechnologyJohn Coleman, SocketKen Tucker, ChangeScape, Inc., Co-ChairMark Peimann, EPC Computers, Co-ChairRandy Downs, JLJ Technology, Archiving Valuable Assets
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WORK-ALIKE options, not look-alikeOptions for Office, including an Outlook
alternativeOptions for more specialized packages too
Design Applications
Will all run on Windows, Mac & Linux
Open Source AlternativesOpen Source Alternatives
Look at how you can do everything with Thunderbirdcompose and sendreceive and read emailfolders (remote and local)great searching/filteringmultiple accounts/personalitiesworks with any IMAP email server so same messages
visible in Thunderbird, on web, and on mobile devices
EmailEmail
Look at how the calendar is integrated into ThunderbirdNormal calendar functionsShared calendars work (demo with Art's & Candy's
calendars)Google Calendar backend for this demo. Could also be
a Microsoft Exchange Server or any of several other possibilities
works with pretty much any backend so same calendars visible in Thunderbird, on web, and on mobile devices
CalendarCalendar
Why 2 names?
File Formats
Export to PDF
OpenOffice & LibreOfficeOpenOffice & LibreOffice
Quick look at the programsWord ProcessorSpreadsheetDrawingPresentation
OpenOffice & LibreOfficeOpenOffice & LibreOffice
GimpInkscapeScribus
Open Source Design ApplicationsOpen Source Design Applications
GimpPhoto Editing ApplicationAlternative for Photoshophttp://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Open Source Design ApplicationsOpen Source Design Applications
Resolution Example Open Source Design ApplicationsOpen Source Design Applications
InkscapeVector Based ProgramAlternative for Adobe IllustratorWill open & edit PDF fileshttp://inkscape.org/download/
Open Source Design ApplicationsOpen Source Design Applications
ScribusFrame Based Design Layout ApplicationAlternative for Microsoft Publisher or
Adobe InDesignExport to PDFhttp://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download
Open Source Design ApplicationsOpen Source Design Applications
All products discussed today were FREE alternatives
Purchased price of comparison productsMicrosoft $350 - $ 500Adobe $ 600 - $ 2000
Cost ComparisonCost Comparison
Other costsRetraining
learning curve similar to switching from Office 2003 to Office 2007
Supportnarrower field of Tech help to choose from in person,
however, the online communities and forums are very helpful &
supportive (and often free advice)Main Cost Savings: Do It Yourself approach
Cost ComparisonCost Comparison
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Cost Effective Alternatives to Business Productivity Programs
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In coordination with:In coordination with:Mark Peimann
Ken TuckerAndy KastrupBeth Richter
Art Zemon
Randy DownsJeff Arneson
Paul Barthel