Shareware programs are programs which can be used for a certain ammount of time for free. After this trail period
you have to buy the program or remove it from your computer. Mostly the program losses all or a part of it's function after the trail period.
Freeware on the other hand can be used for free indefinitely, but don't expect to much support if the program doesn't work
correctly.
Your favorite Shareware Site
Everyone has his own favorite shareware site, mine ypu can find on this page. Do you have an adress of a shareware site
which has to be on this page, let me know. If you fill out this form and put
in a description of the site you'll probably see it the next time you visit this page.
Tucows has a lot of so called mirror-sites all over the world, i.e there are a lot of local sites with the same content. Therefor it is best to choose a mirror-site which is near or in your country. With the above link you'll get to the
page on which you can choose a mirror-site.
On the tucows sites you'll find a multitude of shareware and freeware programs for many different operating systems.
Are you searching for a program for windows, beos, os/2 etc. Go visit Tucows.
Programs are sorted into different categories, first into operating system after that you'll have to choose what
kind of software you're looking for. Every program in the database of Tucows has a description and Tucows rates
the programs so you can see what they think is the best to choose. In case of a shareware program you can see what restriction there are on the shareware version.
CNET is a shareware site which is linked to by many American pages. You can get different kinds of software at that site, this is mostly done with a link to the programmer of the software. Where the latest version can be downloaded, and
the full version of the program can be bought.
CNET keeps a top 10 record of the most downloaded programs. With this list you can check which piece of software is most
wanted at the moment.
ZDNET is also a shareware site which is linked by many American pages. There are different kind of programs which can be downloaded by means of a link to the programmer just as with CNET does.
ZDNET keeps a record of the top 20 of most downloaded programs.
On the Simtel site you can not only find programs for windows 95/98, but also older programs such as for windows 3.1
and even for DOS.
If your still working with DOS to your satisfaction, you'll have to visit this site.
Download32.com is a site with more than 40 thousand pieces of shareware and freeware programs, which can be downloaded.
It is all divided in to categories so the program you're looking for can be found easily. The site is worth a visit.
Soft-Archiv is a German site with shareware and freeware. It also divides all the programs into categories. So, if
you are looking for a program in the German language, the changes are high that you'll find it here.
