Free softwares are available everywhere

Its foolish in this era to pay for several software's when you can get them for free. Like for e.g, paying for anti-virus or some licensed software when you can easily get their cracked version from tech downloads sites. In web 2.0 , any software that comes licensed is cracked next day of its release. 99% people use pirated windows XP and Vista. You can get many types of software's with their ratings and reviews at Cnet. But still many people end up paying $20 - $100 for petty software's like AVG, symantec's Norton antivirus, etc. I never have actually paid for any software till date as i can get them for free online. Of course if you need 100% security and for business purpose, you should go with licensed and original ones. You can get more tech news on tech productivity.