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67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications. Why spend thousands or even hundreds or thousands of dollars on a closed source application when you can get a comparable open source app for free?

67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications

Even if you need commercial support, many open source programs now offer paid support that costs much less than the alternatives. For this list, we looked for quality, open source alternatives to software that has a reputation for being expensive. Whenever possible, we included MSRPs for the expensive software, though in some cases, the pricing scheme is so complicated that it's nearly impossible to pin down. We published a similar list last year, and we've updated and expanded the list for 2011.

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