| Open-source replacement for Microsoft Project on its way |
Aug. 01, 2007
On August 7, Projity, an on-demand software company will announce at LinuxWorld in San Francisco that it is releasing a public beta of OpenProj, a complete open-source desktop replacement of Microsoft Project.
Projity, a Silicon Valley and French company with offices in San Mateo, Paris and India, will announce that OpenProj is already being beta tested in over 50 customer sites comprising over 500 seats.
OpenProj, an important component to the open-source ecosystem, takes the risk away for customers and allows them to use the product as needed, on demand.
With over 28 million project managers and users already using Microsoft Project, Projity executives believes that is considerable room for an inexpensive, open-source project management program like OpenProj. According to the company, instead of a $1,000 license fee for Microsoft Project, Projity customers can download OpenProj for free and use it anytime they want from their machine. Project teams can access the same documents and collaborate on projects, which enables distributed project teams to save time and money.
OpenProj builds upon Projity's SAAS (software as a service) release, Project-ON-Demand. The company claims that OpenProj offers a seamless migration for Microsoft Project files, which open easily, and features a simple user interface. The Java-based program will run on Windows, Linux, Unix or Mac platforms.
"The Projity team has received tremendous feedback from key industry leaders, who are already using OpenProj to satisfy their desktop needs," said Marc O'Brien, Projity's CEO in a statement. "We have been working on this launch for a while. The Projity team is excited to provide worldwide usage of a free and open-source project management solution that is a complete replacement of Microsoft Project and other desktop solutions. OpenProj's familiar user interface and ability to open existing native Microsoft files makes migrating both free and seamless"
Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu said in a statement that, "OpenProj is an exciting addition to the range of professional desktop applications that are available on the free software desktop today. It's increasingly possible to run your business on an entirely open Linux platform, with full compatibility across free software applications and your legacy documents. Congratulations to the Projity team for this milestone release!"
Larry Augustin, SourceForge founder and venture capitalist, added that, "Projity's release of OpenProj is an important addition to the open-source marketplace. The project management area now has a full equivalent to the commercial software market. OpenProj is a terrific addition for users of OpenOffice and other open-source solutions."
A video preview of OpenProj will be available next week along with free downloads at the project Web site.
—Steven J. Vaughan Nichols
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