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will greatly reduce the cost of many solutions. The adoption of a wide
range of tools has made some of the open source options standard in many arenas.
Below are a few examples of open source projects that Q Alpha recommends
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Linux has been adopted worldwide primarily as a server platform. Its use as a home and office desktop operating system is also on the rise. |
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MySQL is another database engine that is considered
to be "The world's most popular open source database". It is very fast
and is used in an enormous number of data driven web sites. |
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. |
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OpenOffice is a desktop office suite that contains word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database programs. The software is free
and will perform many of the functions that costly proprietary office suites will do. |
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PostgreSQL is a database engine that bills itself as
"the world's most advanced open source database". It contains many
of the features found in proprietary database engines costing thousands
of dollars. |
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The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program that has
features comparable to expensive proprietary programs of the same scope.
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Blender is an extremely powerful 3D graphics creation
package that will aid in 3D modeling and animation. Many of the graphics
on this site were created using Blender.
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While open source software is often an excellent choice for many solutions,
proprietary systems have distinct advantages in a large number of situations.
Below are some of the products and companies that Q Alpha supports
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Microsoft has such a vast list of product offerings that it would be impossible
to enumerate them here in a manner that would do them justice.
Their desktop and server operating systems, development tools, and productivity
software have worldwide acceptance and are highly mature. Q Alpha can
aid in the implementation of a wide variety of Microsoft's products. |
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Microsoft Office Access helps you track and report information with ease. Get started quickly with prebuilt applications that you can modify or adapt to changing business needs. |
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Visual C# is a simple, general-purpose programming language that enables you to build rich, connected Web and client applications on the .NET Framework. |
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Adobe Flash Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. Deliver to audiences across platforms and devices. |
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Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. |
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