Small community - big heart

November 2004

I always find it very disheartening to travel around the Net to various sites that purport ot be "freeware" sites and yet are merely lame excuses for representing the real "freeware community".
Sites that basically are riding on the coat tails of freeware to be seen, or to garner exposure.
They spend time harvesting "freeware" to list and yet if queried can only spout what is on a developers page as they themselves probably have never used said program(s).

HOW can someone vouch that a program is freeware if they only go by being told it is???

That is where the huge divide exists between the genuine freeware world and the 'wannabes'.

The small, but true freeware community is made up of those who have an actual heart, and an actual passion for the subject of freeware.
They are selective and discerning about what freeware they discuss, list or share to others.
They by doing so, are extending a high degree of respect to the developers of real freeware, for they aren't merely "using" the gendre of freeware as a tool to further their online/website pursuits.

Yes the numbers in the legions of trye freeware admireres is very small, but as this article's tiles states, it is a big one.
And THAT is the gist of it all...not quantity, but quality

Some will never grasp, nor appreciate that simple idea.
Some are just so driven by some pathetically petty ideology that bigger is better that they alienate themselves from rather than collaborating with others who share common interests.The Net could bring so many together for better things.
To bridge huge distances...but sadly it can be a matter of ego rather than altruism that feeds some.