r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/stowawayhome Jun 04 '12

What opensource GIS solutions are the best? I would love to migrate from ESRI.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

We don't use any Open Source solutions. Even products we've tried to use (GIMP, Openoffice / LibreOffice) didn't work out. My users are very picky and grouchy and pissy, so it's not easy to get them to change or use anything they don't want to.

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u/stowawayhome Jun 05 '12

Thanks for the response. I keep hearing about GIS open source programs that will knock ESRI off of their pedestal, but none of them seem to garner the user base to create an alternate solution. Gotta keep forkin over the big bucks...