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From: Taf® on 6 Jul 2010 19:00 On 06/07/2010 18:58:48... M.L. (me(a)privacy.invalid) wrote : SNIP > Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. Uh! IMHO all programs listed are essential... by my side! I use them every day. Without any competitor... ;-) -- ByE bYe By Taf� - WinPenPack Team Member - FREE USB SW - http://www.winpenpack.com A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? R: Perche' disturba il flusso logico della lettura D: Perche' "postare sopra" e' tanto fastidioso?
From: Craig on 6 Jul 2010 19:23 On 07/05/2010 08:25 AM, Bob Adkins wrote: > > Most Essential (to you) Freeware > > Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which > programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no > real good Freeware alternatives, and its disappearance would change > the way you work, or force you to go commercial? > Thunderbird Lightning (calendar extension) Firefox Unison Shutter Basket GIMP Inkscape OpenOffice Xsane FileZilla Client MySQL Workbench Audacity DeeVeeDee Qt LightScribe VLC -- -Craig
From: John Corliss on 6 Jul 2010 20:23 M.L. wrote: > John Corliss wrote: >> Bob Adkins wrote: >>> >>> Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which >>> programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no >>> real good Freeware alternatives, Note: "Freeware alternatives". >>> and its disappearance would change >>> the way you work, or force you to go commercial? >> >> Based on those criteria: >> >> Firefox > Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. Only in your opinion. >> Thunderbird > Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. Only in your opinion. >> Grabit > >> Media Player Classic Only in your opinion. >> Total Uninstall 2.35 > Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. There is only one direct freeware competitor and my reply to my own post lists it: ZSoft Uninstaller. If you can find another FREEWARE program that monitors program installations, I'm all ears. >> QuickPar > >> XXCopy > Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. Only in your opinion. >> Eraser >> Unlocker >> WordWeb These lists were supposed to be from the perspective of the person who posts them. There is absolutely *no way* you can know what my needs are regarding the features a program offers and which makes them indispensable to me. By the way, I'm still waiting for you to post *your* list. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: M.L. on 6 Jul 2010 23:26 >>>> Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which >>>> programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no >>>> real good Freeware alternatives, > >Note: "Freeware alternatives". Note: "Which have no real good Freeware alternatives..." Some of those you listed are not "essential" apps because they have good freeware alternatives. >>>> and its disappearance would change >>>> the way you work, or force you to go commercial? >>> >>> Based on those criteria: >>> >>> Firefox >> Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. > >Only in your opinion. > >>> Thunderbird >> Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. > >Only in your opinion. > >>> Grabit >> >>> Media Player Classic > >Only in your opinion. > >>> Total Uninstall 2.35 >> Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. > >There is only one direct freeware competitor and my reply to my own post >lists it: ZSoft Uninstaller. > >If you can find another FREEWARE program that monitors program >installations, I'm all ears. > >>> QuickPar >> >>> XXCopy >> Too many freeware competitors to be considered essential. > >Only in your opinion. > >>> Eraser >>> Unlocker >>> WordWeb > >These lists were supposed to be from the perspective of the person who >posts them. There is absolutely *no way* you can know what my needs are >regarding the features a program offers and which makes them >indispensable to me. > >By the way, I'm still waiting for you to post *your* list. ZipInstaller (installs zip archives) nLite (XP service pack/updates/driver slipstreamer) vLite (Vista service pack/updates/driver slipstreamer) AMP Font Viewer (displays specified words in every font at once) WinPatrol (application modification watchdog) NewsProxy (newsgroup killfile plugin) AviDemux (video converter, slicer, multiplexer/demultiplexer) Audacity (audio editor that accepts most video file inputs) AviSynth (programmable video editor) DVD Shrink (resizes DVDs without reencoding) Color Correction Wizard (copies color gamut from one pic to another) ShiftN (corrects perspective distortion) Wink (interactive tutorial creator) VOB2MPG (converts vobset to single mpeg2 file) UltimateBootCD4Windows (creates custom bootable rescue USB/CD) All of them perform an essential function for me and either have no direct competition or perform their tasks uniquely.
From: John Corliss on 7 Jul 2010 07:38
M.L. wrote: > John Corliss wrote: >> M.L. wrote: >>> John Corliss wrote: >>>> Bob Adkins wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Which of your Freeware programs would you miss the most? Which >>>>> programs are you the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no >>>>> real good Freeware alternatives, >> >> Note: "Freeware alternatives". > > Note: "Which have no real good Freeware alternatives..." For the person posting the list, not *you*. Or don't you understand that? > Some of those you listed are not "essential" apps because they have > good freeware alternatives. Maybe in _your_ estimation, but not in _mine_. The original question was (emphasis added by me), "Which of _your_ Freeware programs would _you_ miss the most? Which programs are _you_ the most attached to or dependent on? Which have no real good Freeware alternatives, and its disappearance would change the way _you_ work, or force _you_ to go commercial?" In other words, the replies in this thread by their very nature will be purely subjective. You seem to understand that below at the bottom of your list, but be unwilling to allow others to post subjective material. >>>> Based on those criteria: >>>> >>>> Firefox >>>> Thunderbird >>>> Grabit >>>> Media Player Classic >>>> Total Uninstall 2.35 >> >> There is only one direct freeware competitor (to TU) and my reply to >> my own post lists it: ZSoft Uninstaller. >> >>>> QuickPar >>>> XXCopy >>>> Eraser >>>> Unlocker >>>> WordWeb As I said: >> These lists were supposed to be from the perspective of the person who >> posts them. There is absolutely *no way* you can know what my needs are >> regarding the features a program offers and which makes them >> indispensable to *me*. >> >> By the way, I'm still waiting for you to post *your* list. > > ZipInstaller (installs zip archives) > nLite (XP service pack/updates/driver slipstreamer) > vLite (Vista service pack/updates/driver slipstreamer) > AMP Font Viewer (displays specified words in every font at once) > WinPatrol (application modification watchdog) > NewsProxy (newsgroup killfile plugin) > AviDemux (video converter, slicer, multiplexer/demultiplexer) > Audacity (audio editor that accepts most video file inputs) > AviSynth (programmable video editor) > DVD Shrink (resizes DVDs without reencoding) > Color Correction Wizard (copies color gamut from one pic to another) > ShiftN (corrects perspective distortion) > Wink (interactive tutorial creator) > VOB2MPG (converts vobset to single mpeg2 file) > UltimateBootCD4Windows (creates custom bootable rescue USB/CD) > > All of them perform an essential function for me Note the phrase "for me" which YOU used. The same applies regarding *my* list and *myself*. The features you list after each program are important to *you* and may or may not be important to others. > and either have nodirect competition or perform their tasks uniquely. Going through this thread and effectively telling everybody that they don't have unique freeware feature needs as you have done is insulting, arrogant and obsessive. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. |