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Ask YC: What software is a must have for startups or small businesses?
I'm a journalist researching an article that will review the best software applications for start ups and small businesses. Which reasonably priced software applications do you think should be included and why?
- hotshothenry 17y agoGoogle Applications - Free The suite of applications that google provides for small businesses such as GMail, Analytics, Adwords, Calendar, Document Processing, etc are a must have. I use GMail to manage my small business' email and love it.
- monkeygrinder 17y agothanks. I'm thinking Microsoft Office Web Apps versus Google Docs. Possibly Salesforce CRM for small business. Any other apps? Web apps seem to be the preference.
- davidw 17y agoUbuntu: comes with Emacs, Apache, OpenOffice, Ruby, Erlang, Python, Java, the Gimp, Firefox, git... pretty much everything you need to set up and run your business, although the accounting software needs work. And it's all completely free and open source. How cool is that?