Monthly Archives: February 2008

WinMerge – powerful FOSS visual tool for files/folders differencing and merging

WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for Win32 platforms. It is highly useful for determining what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions. Key Features: Visual differencing and merging of text files Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap Handles DOS, UNIX andContinue reading “WinMerge – powerful FOSS visual tool for files/folders differencing and merging”

New Features for Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0

Sunnyvale, Calif. – February 5, 2008 – Zimbra, a Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) company, and the leader in open source, next-generation e-mail, today announced the availability of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 5.0. ZCS 5.0 includes hundreds of enhancements that expand Zimbra’s access across desktops and devices while setting the standard for Web-based productivity in a businessContinue reading “New Features for Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0”

Top 50 Proprietary Software and their Open Source alternatives

Basics 1. Windows Vista OS to Ubuntu OS 2. Internet Explorer Browser to Firefox Browser Office Suites 3. Microsoft Office to OpenOffice 4. Mactopia to NeoOffice Office Tools 5. MathWorks MATLAB to Scilab 6. Microsoft Access to Kexi 7. Microsoft Word to OpenOffice Writer 8. Microsoft Excel to OpenOffice Calc 9. Microsoft Visio to DiaContinue reading “Top 50 Proprietary Software and their Open Source alternatives”

Microsoft and Sun, the Real Story

So one day, Scott McNealy, founder and chairman of Sun, read in his morning newspaper how the use of Java was rapidly diminishing, courtesy of something called ‘The LAMP Stack’. Furiously, he called his accountant. Scott: “I knew this Java thing was a bad idea in the first place! I see only one solution. WeContinue reading “Microsoft and Sun, the Real Story”

Enterprise IT ain’t what it used to be

Enterprise IT” vendors are in the midst of an identity crisis, and Linux is to blame. Want proof? Just look at some recent news announcements: Not only is the erstwhile uber-proprietary Sun Microsystems selling Intel- and AMD-based servers, it has also snapped up open source giants like MySQL. That’s quite a shift from a yearContinue reading “Enterprise IT ain’t what it used to be”