I've added a link at the right to a fabulous website, Sourceforge. Sourceforge is the world's bazaar for open source software. Sourceforge is a great place to find *free* software. If you need something but don't know where to get it, or if you can't pay for commercial software, chances are you can find it or a substitute on Sourceforge. And just because its open source rather than commercial software doesn't mean it isn't as good: the open source Firefox web browser is considered by many to be superior to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The drawbacks to Sourceforge are the following: (a) due to the fact that much of the site is geared to the non-layperson, it may be difficult sometimes for a person to figure out what the particular program actually does, how good it is, or what requirements are needed to run it on a particular computer, and (b) sometimes (I have only encountered this once) it is difficult to get a piece of software to run, because the product is not yet provided in computer-readable code.
Sourceforge is a great resource. From time to time, I hope to spotlight particular software applications available there.
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