We live in a world where everything you want, you pay it for. Open source is an idea of distributing software free of charge, that is, you can pay for support if you like, but the application is free in most cases. With that said, there is a list of the 46 best EVER freeware programs, I have used many of this(microsoft anti-spyware, FireFox, EditPadLite). Seriously I know many people like to pay for software, others steal it, but try out the freeware programs, there are a lot that are Top Quality Applications, you'll love them.
Enjoy!
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

Nice post darkranger! Yeah, I'm actually trying #15, "The Best Free HTML Editor"; it looks good so far. If anyone is interested in this program, go here:

http;//www.nvu.com

Great post!! Im going to have to try a couple of these programs later

Anyone reading this post, look at the list, you wont regret it

atm i am trying # 26, best free registry cleaner.

The first 46 programs are on the website, but to get to know the programs 47-48 you have got to subscribe to their monthly newsletter. That's a bit strange.

Yeah, I see what you mean... you'd think it would be the other way around - you want to see the Top 46 list, you should have to subscribe. Oh well... poor marketing, I suppose.

Either way, they aren't lying on the "best freeware ever" part - really good stuff they're showcasing.

I wonder if one would have to pay to have their freeware posted, or perhaps they could bribe for a higher position. Or, maybe, for the the sake of the article, it's simply a gratuitous matter to get your link posted on the site. Who knows... and I just realized - who cares?!

You know what they need to make freeware... calculators... as if those aren't already freeware to begin with.

Very nice!

I already have Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, and 7-Zip. And, since my Norton update subscription expires really soon, I'm gonna download AVG.

if I wasnt a complete Pirater I would probaly try the freeware but....

Yeeeees ... ... that's the point! Deep down in my heart I can feel exactly what you're talking about!

Even if a freeware program is better than a commercial program, where's the fun? The triumphant feeling you get when you read "Thank you for choosing Pagemaker" after you've entered the serial that your keygen generated for you. The more complicated the activation routine, the better the feeling you get when the whole thing is installed. But with freeware .. NO FUN!

Well, it's very good to know the both of you deal in Warez, a "civil wrong". While I don't approve, it is and can only be a "civil wrong", and nothing more.

In any case, I'm not a pirater and thoroughly enjoy when stuff is fed to me on a sliver spoon - !

Talking about silver spoons, the last thing taht I licked from the silver spoon was "Hummingbird Exceed PowerSuite 2006", if I lick it from the golden spoon it costs me 745 US-$, so I really do prefer the silver spoon.

I think ALL software should be free for private use. Some companies do so and give away their software for free for private use only, and still take money for professional/commercial use. Sun Solaris for example or Oracle Database software or Ragtime DTP program.

If NOONE on this planet would use pirate software on his desktop, the power of companies like Microsoft or Macromedia would be much smaller. Their power lives through the high number of illegal installations. That's why they don't really act against private MS Office installations for example. In other words, even if I install cracked software, the software companies still earn money through me.