Recommendations
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.
ALBERT'S
AMBRY
www.alberts.com The database
includes Amiga programs, as well as Macintosh, OS/2 and Windows titles.
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.
PUBLIC
SOFTWARE LIBRARY/DIGIBUY
www.pslweb.com A searchable database
of 20,000 downloadable titles, Reviews titles and publishes a monthly
CD-ROM of new programs.
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."
