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Open Workbench is it a viable alternative
Open Workbench is touted as the "Open-Source Project Scheduling for Windows"
Open Workbench is an open source desktop application that provides robust project scheduling and management functionality. Already the scheduling standard for more than 100,000 project managers worldwide, Open Workbench is a free and powerful alternative to Microsoft Project.
Released in December 2005, Open Workbench 1.1.4 provides significant new enhancements and bug fixes. For more information on version 1.1.4, please review the Open Workbench 1.1.4 Release Notes. The source code for Open Workbench 1.1.4 is also available on SourceForge.
Open Workbench provides all the functionality and benefits that project managers expect in a world-class scheduling application:
- Open Workbench can be used and distributed free of charge throughout an enterprise.
- Open Workbench is a stand-alone desktop application that provides robust project scheduling functionality.
- Open Workbench provides the unique ability to generate project schedules based on resource constraints.
- Open source developers will find a ready-made community of business users interested in their enhancements and extensions. The source code and other developer information are available on SourceForge.
- The open source distribution and community development model will now bring quality, innovation and cost advantages to the project management world.
- Open Workbench can also be used in a fully integrated fashion with CA's Clarity solution. Please visit www.niku.com/go/owb for more details.
The only difficulty with the above project is it seems that since it differs in some philosophical approaches to Microsoft's Project Management software, a full use of the system kind of indicates a choice of philosophy. One either chooses the OW way or the MS way.
It also seems that the software was released in 2005, and no clear indication on the website whether it has been updated. Sourceforge file release is December 19, 2005. Documentation files are dated 2005.
Nonetheless, if you want no money software, and you don't want to go the piracy way, then this could be an alternative.
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