Programmer's Notepad - Whatever You're Doing

Programmer's Notepad - is a really nice editor no matter what your programming in. You've got more options than you can shake a stick at. I'm not much of a programmer but I do some html occasionally and I frequently will open a program to make some suttle changes. Code doesn't scare me but I'm not the type that will create something on his own. Like most out there... I'm a code thief, meaning copy, hack, and get it to work for whatever need I have. I'd recommend this program to everyone to have on hand and I'd recommend that you change your system file type pref to bring this up every time you open a .txt doc as well.

http://www.pnotepad.org/download/

The Ultimate Whiteboard - Diagrams, Flow Charts...

I fell in love with Visio at my old job and for a long time I've been looking for a free or open source solution that I could use to generate business diagrams. DIA is the program that is the closest to Visio that I've found. It's great for mapping out network configurations, flow charts, building layouts... it's like a white board with lots of objects that you can use to enhance your drawing. Visio is the industry standard and Microsoft bought them about 10 years ago. I'm not sure how long DIA has been around but I can tell it's been out there long enough to attract a very talented and devoted user base who contribute to the ongoing development. It is a robust solution with a clean and well thought out GUI.

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Office Replacement - I Could Have Saved Hundreds!

Microsoft Office® has become the standard for exchanging documents. Unfortunately the Office® suite can be cost prohibitive, especially if you are in business for yourself. There is a viable alternative. “Open Office” accomplishes the same thing as Excel, Word, and Power Point and transparently imports files from those packages. This software is
open source which means it is free to the end user. Open Office is supported by a loyal and strong user base. The software requires about 200mg on your hard drive. Once you install it, you will have an icon in your system tray that enables you to launch
the four applications; spreadsheet, word processor, presentations, and drawing.
This is a huge development in the global open source industry. Try it out, you will not
be disappointed. I wish I would have known about it before I forked over the dollars
for my personal copy of Microsoft Office®.

http://www.openoffice.org/