>> Why not simply ask the ISVs? Why doesn't OSDL start another survey which >> asks all the big and small ISVs what the need to port their applications >> to Linux? Okay I'll start a list of questions for such a survey at >> "http://wyoguide.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/OSDL_survey_for_ISVs";. >> It might be a good idea to get some answers before the next DAM. > >Good idea. And this is a great starting point for the next OSDL survey. >BTW, I just saw some results from a Novell survey that showed the top >apps that are needed for the desktop. The results did not show email >clients or browsers, so these are probably "good enough". Rather, they >listed... > >1. Quickbooks >2. Autocad >3. Photoshop >4. Itunes >5. Dreamweaver >6. Visio >7. Lotus Notes >8. Quicken >9. Macromedia Studio >10. Act! > >http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16798.html > >Please just use this as information and lets not fuel the discussion >about market share and major vs minor ISV targets. We've probably >beaten that to death. > >On a related note, is anyone aware of a place where users could go to >find open source alternatives to these applications? I'm not talking >about googling for projects or scanning the open source foundries, but a >place where a user could just find a Quickbooks or Autocad replacement?
Not exactly open source, but http://www.thekompany.com/products/index.php3 provides cross platform alternatives to some of the applications listed above. They even offer an alternative to iTunes :-) http://www.thekompany.com/press_media/full.php3?Id=294 Unfortunately I couldn't find recent independent reviews of these applications. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Channel Products Software Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux
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