Proprietary | Open Source |
Web browser | |
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape | Mozilla (based on Netscape) |
Web server | |
Microsoft IIS, Netscape | Apache (60 percent of all websites run it) |
Application server | |
WebMethods (includes opensource JBoss application) | JBoss (2 million downloads in 2002); Apache Tomcat (most WebSphere widely used application server) |
Office suite | |
Microsoft Office, Corel WordPerfect Office | OpenOffice.org (based on Sun’s proprietary StarOffice) |
E-mail/collaboration | |
Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes | Ximian Evolution |
Database
Oracle9i, IBM DB2, currentlyMicrosoft SQL Server Trial |
MySQL, PostgreSQL (both lack the power and depth of industrial-strength Oracle and DB2) |
News