About Us

Based in Perth, Research Labs. was originally founded back in May 2002 with the intention of providing Open Source based solutions to the many issues surrounding Windows® its security and hefty licensing fees.

Since the early days Open Source Software has gathered a serious momentum with the ever increasing use of Linux and its derivatives. As a result of this users are now seeing the advantages of migrating to Open Source, not just the financial benefits but the inherent reliability, stability and security of main stream Open Source applications.

Here at Research Labs. we can provide you will all the software and tools you need to run your business all derived from Open Source and all at a fraction of the cost you would pay for their mainstream equivalents.

As an example an implementation of a standard Office package such as Microsoft Office -v- OpenOffice

FeaturesOffice Std. Ed. 2003OpenOffice v2.0.1
DatabaseYesYes
SpreadsheetYesYes
PresentationYesYes
GraphicsNoYes
eMailYesNo
Cost£291.00*£0.00