Freeware Listed a Microsoft

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SweetAndyLicious said:
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=327
Check it out. ;)
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Interesting links, Andy.

But I think the 'WindowsMarketplace' is only more or less a mirror or
shell for CNET's download.com. And in the last year the amount of
freeware has dropped dramatically from download.com, due to the fact
that it now costs 'a lot' of money to get listed.

So, with a few exception, many of the 'freeware' offerings are adware,
spyware, crippleware or functions as an commercial for the shareware
authors 'full version'.

I'm not saying It's all bad - but beware!

I'm still upset every time I see a computer magazine recommend
download.com for 'freeware and shareware' - they have slept in class the
last years!

They should recommend snapfiles/webattack instead.

And that was my Christmas Day ramblings.... :-)
 
Vegard said:
Interesting links, Andy.

But I think the 'WindowsMarketplace' is only more or less a mirror or
shell for CNET's download.com. And in the last year the amount of
freeware has dropped dramatically from download.com, due to the fact
that it now costs 'a lot' of money to get listed.

So, with a few exception, many of the 'freeware' offerings are adware,
spyware, crippleware or functions as an commercial for the shareware
authors 'full version'.

I'm not saying It's all bad - but beware!

I'm still upset every time I see a computer magazine recommend
download.com for 'freeware and shareware' - they have slept in class the
last years!

They should recommend snapfiles/webattack instead.
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Agreed. Snapfiles has a ton of freebies, fully searchable with full
descriptions and screenshots of nearly everything. It's the first place I
look and if I can't find it there, I don't even bother with other freeware
sites, I just go directly to Google.

(Hmm. I refered to Google as a noun.)
 
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