Freeware/OpenSource Equivalent of Commercial Softwares

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Software packages are not 100% equivalent.  Please review the technical specifications to make sure the software product will meet your requirements.

Open Source /Free SW Description Commercial Alternative (for Comparison Only)
7 Zip file compression WinZip ($50 USD)
ANTLR works & IDE Grammar Dev tools no known commercial alternative
Apache Ant java build tool no known commercial alternative
Audacity audio editor/recorder Sound Forge Pro ($375 USD)
Avidemux video editor Nero ($80 USD)
CamStudio records screen and audio activity Camtasia Studio ($295 USD)
Castor Java binding framework no known commercial alternative
CD Burner XP CD/DVD burner ROXIO Creator 2011 ($100 USD)
Clojure dynamic programming language no known commercial alternative
Clonezilla disk cloning Norton Ghost ($70 USD)
CodeStriker online code reviewing CodeReviewer ($289USD)
Console windows console enhancement MKS rxvt ($99 USD est)
CouchDB Apache document oriented DB SimpleDB (Amazon cloud pricing per GB)
CutePDF Writer creates pdf files CutePDF Writer Pro ($50 USD)
Cygwin unix like environment for windows MKS Toolkit ($479 USD)
Dia draws diagrams Microsoft Visio ($300 USD)
Doxygen source code documentation generator Doc-O-Matic SRC ($499 USD)
Emacs text editor & LISP interpreter Visual Studio/LISP Works ($2073 USD)
Filezilla file transfer sw WS_FTP Pro ($75 USD), Cute_FTP ($75 USD)
FindBugs static analysis tool for Java code IntelliJ Idea ($599 USD)
Freemind mind mapping sw Mind Manager ($350 USD)
GIMP image manipulation Adobe Photoshop ($700 USD)
GNU GCC Compiler Intel Fortran Compiler ($899 USD)
Google Wave on line web collaboration NOT APPROVED -Terms of Privacy Policy not appropriate for IBM data
InfoZip - Zip and Unzip compression/archive utility SecureZip ($39.95 USD)
Inkscape vector graphic editor Adobe Illustrator ($599 USD)
JEdit text editor for programmers Edit+ ($35 USD)
JMeter performance testing tool SilkPerformer Lite ($160 USD)
JSch Java implementation of SSH2 no known commercial alternative
JSDoc multi page HTML generator no known commercial alternative
Jupiter (jar) code inspection Code collaborater ($289 USD)
Linux Test Project (LTP) Linux testing no known commercial alternative
Luke (jar) lucene index toolbox no known commercial alternative
MagicDisc (aka MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD Manager) Virtual CD/DVD drives utility NOT APPROVED - Legal issues/risks associated with license
Mono .NET development environment NOT APPROVED - Patent issues
MRTG multi router traffic grapher Nagios ($1295 USD)
Nexus manages sw artifacts Nexus Pro ($75 USD)
Notepad++ source code editor UltraEdit ($60 USD), Textpad ($30 USD)
Numpy scientific computing w/ python MATLAB ($2100 USD)
OpenProj project scheduling and management tool - see iRAM for Limitation details MSProject Std ($350 USD)
PDFCreator PDF file creator + more AdobeAcrobat Std ($185 USD)
PowerMock Java framework for unit test no known commercial alternative
ProcessExplorer (Microsoft) Displays info on opened handles and DLL's NOT APPROVED
PuTTY telnet, SSH, rlogin TTWinLite ($89 USD)
Pydev python IDE for Eclipse Wing IDE ($179)
Python + Python Extensions programming language no known commercial alternative
Python Nose unit test tool no known commercial alternative 
ReviewBoard web based code review tool Crucible ($80 USD)
Scala and Scala Test o-o programming language no known commercial alternative
SciPy scientific computing tools for Python MATLAB ($2100 USD)
Sphinx python source code documentation generator no known commercial alternative
Tcsh command line shell shell portion of MKS (~$100 USD)
TeraCopy fast compact and copy utility NOT APPROVED - commercial use requires registration of each copy
TextWrangler text editor BBEdit ($125 USD)
Tidy.NET HTML validator CSE HTML Validator ($129 USD)
UCDetector unnecessary code detector no equivalent commercial alternative
UltraVNC PC remote control  - per directive of IBM IT Security UltraVNC is the ONLY approved open source VNC Server for Windows Workstations machines. GoTo My PC ($179 USD)
Valgrind memory debugger Parasoft Insure++ ($1447 USD)
(see also Rational PurifyPlus)  Link to Purify Plus Info
Vim text editor UltraEdit ($60 USD)
Virtual Box virtualizer for x86 HW VMWare Workstation ($120 USD) - see iRAM for limitations
VLC Media Player playback SW for various media formats NOT APPROVED - legal review uncovered issues
Winmerge differencing and merging tool Beyond Compare, UltraCompare ($40 USD) 
WinSCP Windows SFTP and FTP Client Altap Salamander ($30 USD)
Wireshark network packet analyzer CommView ($499 USD)
wxPython python gui toolkit no equivalent commercial alternative
XAMPP PHP IDE - DO Not use Mercury Mail Server Zend Studio ($795 USD)
XEmacs text editor & LISP interpreter Visual Studio/LISP Works ($2073 USD)
XKeymacs keyboard macro utility Quickeys for Windows ($60 USD)
XMind mind mapping tool MindJet MindManager ($349 USD)
XML Copy Editor XML editor and validator, XSLT executor XMLSpy ($499 USD)
XML Notepad create, edit XML docs XML11 Pro ($333)



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