Startup with Open Source

[entrepreneurrebel]

Open source in sense means that the developer allows other developers to see some or all of their source code. Essentially what this means is that developers can develop add ons (free or paid) for a software or even better develop a similar software for users to have for free. Some examples of open source is Linux, Joomla, SugarCRM, Facebook and Twitter (opened up their API), 7 Zip, P Books, and ect.

Sourceforge.net is a great search tool in finding open sourced software that fits your needs.

The open source I want to talk about are the free ones. I have operated my companies with somewhere around 80% open sourced software.






Web Design

Joomla! (There are others, if you know another please reply with it)


Accounting

PBooks Open Source Accounting
PostBooks ERP, accounting, CRM by xTuple | Get PostBooks ERP, accounting, CRM by xTuple at SourceForge.net
PostgreSQL: News: PostBooks - Open Source Accounting/ERP/CRM

CRM

SugarCRM - Commercial Open Source CRM

Email

Thunderbird - Reclaim your inbox

Server Software

www.Linux.org
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
MySQL Query Analyzer - Improving SQL Query Performance

OS

Welcome to Linux.com: Your Source for All Things Linux (Beware that not all software is compatable with Linux but Ubuntu or any other do offer a great OS environment)

Office Software

OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
https://www.google.com/accounts/Serv...cs.google.com/

Zip Software

7-Zip

Photo Editing Software

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

FTP Uploader

FileZilla - The free FTP solution

Barcode

Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript

This is software of I used and there are probably others that will fit your need. When I first entered the world of open source software it was daunting. Some developers made it somewhat hard to use, so you had to purchase install service (never did). But after a year I understand what to look and which ones to choose.

[entrepreneurrebel]

The only type of software I did grow out of was accounting.

[Alexishost]

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