How about all the research and development costs to develop ...

<B>Totally free software</B>
<A HREF="http://www.linux.org/dist/index.html">linux - many varieties</A>
<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/">X Windows</A>
<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/">Free</A>/<A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/">Open</A>/<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/">Net</A> BSD
<A HREF="http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html">Solaris</A>
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/directory/development.html">gcc/DJGPP compiler and related tools</A>
Java - <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/">Sun</A>, <A HREF="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/">IBM</A>
<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org">Perl</A>
<A HREF="http://www.php.net/">PHP</A>
<A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</A>
<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</A>
<A HREF="http://www.zope.org/">Zope</A>
<A HREF="http://www.notetab.com/">NoteTab</A>
<A HREF="http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/">lame</A>
<A HREF="http://www.cdex.n3.net/">CDEx</A>
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">emacs</A>
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</A>
<A HREF="http://www.pmail.com/">Pegasus</A> (except to spammers)
<A HREF="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</A>
<A HREF="http://www.blender3d.com/">Blender</A>
<A HREF="http://www.povray.org/">PoVRay</A>
<A HREF="http://www.netscape.com">Netscape</A>/<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</A>
<A HREF="http://www.gnupg.org/">Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG)</A>
<A HREF="http://sebsauvage.net/privacy/">Encryption for the Masses (E4M)</A> - no longer supported by author
<A HREF="http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice">StarOffice</A>
<A HREF="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice</A>

<B>Free for personal use</B>
<A HREF="http://www.beincorporated.com/press/pressreleases/02-02-19_msft_complaint.html">BeOS personal</A>
<A HREF="http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm">SyGate personal firewall</A>
<A HREF="http://www.zonelabs.com/products/za/index.html">Zone Alarm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.irfanview.com/">IrfanView</A>
<A HREF="http://www.free-av.com/index.html">AntiVir</A>
<A HREF="http://www.forteinc.com/agent/">Forte Free Agent</A>

I'm starting to get the idea that many gnutella users are just habitual software pirates, and aren't even aware that there is free software available, which works and does useful things, without having to hax0r or 0wnz anythink!

The above, you will probably be aware, is not a comprehensive list. If you want to get more of an idea of what is available, <A HREF="http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net">Simtel</A> has a huge archive, much of it ad-free, but even the programs which have ads <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=simtel+adware&hl=en&lr=lang_en&selm=20000 8191920.kpa85344%40Simtel.Net&rnum=3">must follow a strict set of criteria to help allay user's fears that their privacy may be 'on the line' so to speak</A>.

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