I market software and my clients respect their IP because it is their bread and butter. At the same time, they also respect the IP belonging to other companies and people because they understand the effort behind developing it.
I have learned to not use any P2P software to share music or torrent sites to download software. I download demos of Games and if I like any, I purchase them after looking for the best deal! I enjoy buying good music because it ensures that the good artists will be encouraged to perform better and create masterpieces.
There are times when I am stuck because the task at hand requires a specialist software, which may be expensive. For example, creating or editing a document may require an Office suite. The first option that comes to our mind is Microsoft Office. There are however other cheaper Office suites available in the market, which offer almost the same features. There are also free software options, which can fill in the place of your existing software suite, without any learning curve or costs!
I am trying to make an extensive list of freeware. The purpose of this list will be to let users start from a free Operating System (which may be a trial from Microsoft) and add on other free software which they will require during the course of business.
I will try to divide this list into interest categories, like business, home and entertainment, but that will of course depend upon the number of freeware I find in each category! If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment.
