Women in Technology

Article:		Freeware Gems for Mac OS X
Subject:		Some of it's donationware
Date:		2003-04-28 19:36:44
From:		anonymous2
Check your recommendations. Not everything is freeware. I saw at least one donationware (i.e. guiltware). Having said that I saw a few things I'd missed in recent cheapie software searches. Good work.

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• Some of it's donationware
  2003-04-29 01:57:03  Giles Turnbull | [View]
  
  
  Interesting that you mention "guilt" there.
  
  Personally, I have no problem with "donationware" - if I think an app deserves support, I'll make a donation, but that doesn't make me feel guilty for not doing so if I don't think the app is worth it.
  

• Some of it's donationware
  2003-06-05 03:44:14  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  If the application doesn't nag and isn't crippled, it's freeware. My current personal faves are Mac Journal and Carbon Copy Cloner (both overlooked by this great article), and I don't feel guilted into making the donation, I *want* to reward the efforts of these creators.
  
  I hesitate to use much shareware these days, I feel there are too many strings attached, The string you feel, (guilt) is your own, nit built into the application.