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just a bit of fun... what category are you?

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zridling:
This is an interesting question, Nudone, and it would be great if DCC came up with a new word or term. Off the top of my head, I played with other words, too, such as:

__Freediver -- One who dives deep to find good freeware and surfaces with a gem
__Freewheeler -- Not bad
__Freeman -- but what about the girls?
__Freepster -- has a bad political connotation, but I don't know what it means
__Freebster -- similar, but without the bad connotation above
__Free agent -- not bad, but trite
__Free Loader -- I like it, but it has an inaccurate double entendre
__Free lover -- well now, aren't we all?

Well, it was worth a try. I'd like to find the word, because it is my experience that freeware often fills a hole that shareware/commercialware lacks. And yes, I don't appreciate people who reactively rate freeware higher just because it is free. If the freeware app is good enough for your purposes, that's fine. But that doesn't make it the best imo. Photoshop may be the best in its class, but I still can't even come close to affording it. But Image Factory is! (http://www.colour-science.com/if/home.htm). (Otherwise, my site would be named "The Good Enough List.")

Scott:
I was trying to think of a word that combined the Greek root "philos" with "software", just as "philosophy" is "love of wisdom" (Zaine ought to know a bit about that).  I couldn't come up with anything decent though.  Philosoftie?  Ugh...

nudone:
ha, ha, 'freeloader', that has got to be the best so far Zaine - i'd be happy to be one of those.

i really like where Scott is going with the Greek 'philos'. that would make a grand sounding term. are there any Latin words or maybe even other Greek words that would be appropriate?

i'll see if i can find anything in a few dictionaries.

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