The Proprietory Vs. Open Source Software in Management Education

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PSPP can perform descriptive statistics, T-tests, linear regression and non-parametric tests. PSPP can be used with its graphical interface or the more traditional syntax commands. This software provides a basic set of capabilities: frequencies, cross-tabs comparison of means (T-tests and one-way ANOVA); linear regression, reliability (Cronbach’s Alpha, not failure or Weibull), and re-ordering data, non-parametric tests, factor analysis and more. PSPP can import Gnumeric, OpenDocument and Excel spreadsheets,ec.,

Tally is an accounting package which provides complete business solutions. The GNU/Linux version of tally is available and does not have any specific differences compared with Tally for other Operating systems.

The following free accounting software are also available. BS1 Accounting is the best free alternative to Tally Accounting Software. BS1 Accounting is a free small business accounting software. It has various modules, including, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Inventory and Sales Analysis software. If you want more modules, like, Sales Orders and Purchase Orders, you can upgrade to BS1 Enterprise Edition.

Postbooks is another good free alternative to Tally Accounting Software. Postbooks is a full featured free and open source accounting and ERP software. Postbooks even includes CRM features. Some of the modules provided by free version of Postbooks includes: Sales Orders, Accounts Receivables, Purchase Orders, General Ledger, Shipping/Receiving, Inventory, Financial Reporting, and lot more. Postbooks is easy to learn and provides good alternative option to Tally ERP.

GnuCash is a good replacement for Tally Accounting Software. GnuCash has very less features as compared to Tally, but if you need a simple and easy to use Accounting software, GnuCash is a perfect choice. GnuCash comes with Double Entry accounting, and lets you easily manage small business accounting. You can also generate different types of graphs and reports with this.