The result was keep. Most of the delete !votes base their reasoning on OR concerns, which is not a valid policy based argument for deletion but for cleanup, something AFD is not for. As shown by Ihcoyc (talk · contribs), this is indeed a topic that can be a sourced to reliable third-party sources, which means that it's possibly encyclopedic (in accordance to WP:LIST). The counter-argument by Uncle G that there is no Proprietary alternatives to free software article is no argument since noone prohibits such an article to be created - if reliable, third-party sources covered this topic. The POV concerns mentioned by Cybercobra should be addressed though and the list might benefit to be renamed and/or reworked. Again though, this is not a reason for deletion. Since none of the delete !votes were based on policy reasons for deletion (but rather cleanup or discussion), consensus is to keep. Regards SoWhy 12:37, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This article is entirely unreferenced and is original research as it is designed. It functions as promotional advocacy for FOSS. Plenty of the examples (in all columns) are poor choices because it is compiled as OR by any editor who wants to add their favorite software into it. Miami33139 (talk) 08:58, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]