SoftwarePapa's Open Source Alternatives for Proprietary Software Applications

SoftwarePapa.com, a new website offering free open source software for downloads, training and tutorial materials, and other useful information for software developers and business users, aims to provide the best free software downloads from many categories. The website goal is to provide cost effective and reliable alternatives to other paid software applications with no obligation and risk. All of the products listed on the website are claimed to be open source and are supported by the software communities around them.

According to the press release, the website lists all of the currently able software on its homepage. By clicking on any of the listed software, users can find and download various related tutorials and tips. Software lists and related information are also updated on an ongoing basis. Open source software such as file sharing application Ares, compression utility 7-Zip, image editor Gimp, video and music player RealPlayer, music tracks and song editing software Audacity, office suite Open Office and others can be downloaded on SoftwarePapa, used and distributed for free with no restrictions.

Commercial software product companies often leave it to IT departments of their respective buyers to implement the functionality of their products to derive measurable business value out of them. Open source communities, on the other hand, are trying hard to create open source applications that can help businesses implement those in a timely manner and start reaping the benefits. Without making any large investment upfront for a certain product, businesses can freely implement the open source software applications available on the market that seem to be a good fit. 

Red Hat (News - Alert) CEO believes there hasn’t been any real advance in software product quality in the last 30 years. Commercial software manufacturers are spending their resources to outperform one another in sales conversions than to satisfy user’s expectations. Costly updates, high maintenance requirements and vendor’s lock in’s have made the pass to open source software seem only natural and logical.