Have you ever tried locating an open source software alternative for a common commercial package? An easy quick reference, Open Source Alternative, has listings of commercial products and viable open source alternatives for those products.
For instance, if you’re looking for an alternative to Photoshop, you can see a list of open source alternatives that are available that may fit what you’re looking for. Or, how about Dreamweaver, or Camista?
It might save you a bundle to take a look at some of these alternatives first, rather than mortgaging the house for some of these commercial packages.
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