On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eric Mill <[email protected]>wrote:
> That directory is craziness. This is what they list for email software: > > http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Email-software > > 162 options, listed in alphabetical order with text-only descriptions, and > you have to click on a link to see anything past Ba-. > > If I'm looking to break out of Gmail, I need several recommendations, with > an emphasis on what they look like, how they work, and how painful I can > expect my transition to be. I need articles, not directories. > > Generally speaking, while I appreciate the FSF and their legal work, I've > come to expect very little from them in encouraging the development and > proliferation of pleasant, usable free software. > I agree, and I know that something that is a mess doesn't motivate people well, but the FSF is definitely working on improving everything and making it not a mess. They've made progress in the last year or so improving it. The best most organized thing is http://prism-break.org/ but that's for online mostly, currently doesn't have stuff like survey tools or word processing, although that could probably be added. As I've been saying, the most *practical* but itself non-Open is alternativeto.net -- Aaron Wolf wolftune.com
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