The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 7, 2008 12:01 PM EDT
WHDb; By Jimmy Atkinson
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Not every proprietary program can drive a person crazy, right? Some, like Norton Ghost, are superb tools for anyone to use. But, the fact that these tools are proprietary can drive open source fanatics up a wall. It’s not the price of the software that makes the real difference (although it’s a reason to migrate from one software to another for many people); it’s the idea that proprietary software comes with boundaries that keeps the user experience confined to…well, being the user. That’s enough to drive any developer crazy.

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