Do you ever feel like you have to go out and buy some piece of software just to accomplish some specific task. Say you just downloaded a zip file demo of some great new app you wanted to try before buying it only to discover that Bill didn't see fit to include a Zip file program with his operating system. So off you go down to the local computer dealer and wind up buying some program for fifty bucks or more.

Well I got some good news and some bad news for you, first the good news. There is so much free software on the Internet that you need never rush down to the store again. The bad news is you wasted fifty bucks! Oh sure there's some things for which you'll need to buy some software, but not much. Almost any task you can think of has a free software program out there that can do it.

Their are basically three kinds of software, commercial, shareware and freeware. Commercial software is usually made by a software Company and is sold in various retail outlets and on the Internet. Shareware is made by much smaller Companies (Often one person) and is usually only sold on the Internet or on special shareware CD's. Freeware is almost always made by one person. Why make freeware you say? Well the programmer may wish to showcase his programming skills in the hopes of getting work, he may give away a simpler version of his shareware program hoping you'll like the program and think the extra features of the shareware version worth getting or perhaps he just wishes to share his program and make the world a better place. Examples of all of these can be found within these pages.