Comments on: Free Alternative to MS Project http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/ Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathan http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Nathan Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:05 +0000 http://nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/#comment-39 Workbench is also another excellent free alternative... http://www.workbench.org Very good program! Workbench is also another excellent free alternative… http://www.workbench.org
Very good program!

]]> By: Shayon Ghosh http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Shayon Ghosh Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:34:12 +0000 http://nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/#comment-23 I did take a look at this and it seems like it does the same stuff MS Project does. It's very lightweight for a Java app. The Gantt charts it generates in particular are quite good, and of course the cross-platform compatibility is nice. The only two negatives I can see are intrinsic to open-source products -- it doesn't integrate with Office, which is not a big deal for a project app, and the interface isn't quite as polished as Project. One example is when you start up the app, it pops up a couple dialog boxes, but they generally get pushed to the background, and you can't do anything on the foreground window until you go find the dialog box somewhere in the background and dismiss it. Minor issues like this are just annoyances, but they're there. I did take a look at this and it seems like it does the same stuff MS Project does. It’s very lightweight for a Java app. The Gantt charts it generates in particular are quite good, and of course the cross-platform compatibility is nice.

The only two negatives I can see are intrinsic to open-source products — it doesn’t integrate with Office, which is not a big deal for a project app, and the interface isn’t quite as polished as Project.

One example is when you start up the app, it pops up a couple dialog boxes, but they generally get pushed to the background, and you can’t do anything on the foreground window until you go find the dialog box somewhere in the background and dismiss it. Minor issues like this are just annoyances, but they’re there.

]]> By: Meng http://www.nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Meng Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:31:57 +0000 http://nirmalya.net/blog/archives/2004/12/22/free-alternative-to-ms-project/#comment-22 Is a nice and simple tool to draw gantt chart. I find not useful if you want to use for bigger project. Is a nice and simple tool to draw gantt chart. I find not useful if you want to use for bigger project.

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