SHAREWARE

Jim Knopf at IBM is credited with starting "shareware" in 1981. He started a database where "freeware" or independent software developers could offer their software on line on an "honor system" for payment. This opened up the availability of inexpensive software for the masses. With the advent of faster speeds and number of users, this distribution is now very widely used and accepted.

ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS
www.asp-shareware.org The best for links, such as www.ded.com/nonags, where they promise not to nag you for payment, or www.sharewarejunkies.com, plus a very good section on the rules of buying or offering shareware.

CNET DOWNLOAD.COM
www.download.com Easy to find, perhaps the best "shareware search engine on the internet."

DAVECENTRAL
www.davecentral.com specializes in software related to the Internet, like E-mail and conferencing programs, for Windows and Linux.

GARBO
garbo.uwasa.fi Based at the University of Vaasa in Finland, this site has an extensive collection of MS-DOS programs.

HAPPY PUPPY
www.happypuppy.com Specializes in games and game reviews.

JUMBO
http://www.jumbo.com Better than Two Cows or any other shareware or where to get software free, and the latest stuff, too!

MACUPDATE
www.macupdate.com A comprehensive site for Macintosh programs, offering reviews, search capability and lists of new and popular programs.

pollit.com
http://www.pollit.com
Free "Poll" format for you web page.

SOFTWAREVAULT.COM
www.softwarevault.com/ Allows searching of a database of Windows, Macintosh, OS/2 and Linux programs; has a list of new titles and some software reviews.

TUCOWS
www.tucows.com Perhaps the most popular "shareware" site on the internet.

ZDNET SOFTWARE LIBRARY
www.zdnet.com The Microsoft magazine of the internet offers perhaps the best and most latest software available, free or "low cost."

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