I’m not against paying for software and I’ve spent thousands on software over the years but I love checking out free software. I would love to stop paying for office software for example. That kind of functionality just seems like it should be part of buying the computer. I get a new PC every year or two and each time I get more hesitant to spend the money for the MS office suite.
I also don’t like the trend of commercial software to be more in control of my experience. I’ve heard stories of software disabling parts of itself when it gets old, so you need to buy upgrades. I have commercial software, paint shop pro, which, since it has been bought by corel, nags me with ads for other corel products, not to mention it crashes now.
Well, I came across another list of free stuff that I’ll be checking out