There may be no such thing as a "free lunch", but the web is awash with free software, some of it excellent. Could it be that you need never pay for software again?

Software such as Zone Labs' Zone Alarm (www. zonelabs.com) and Cyber System's AI Roboform (www.roboform.com) is offered as a taster. Other packages, such as the Firefox web browser (www.mozilla. com) and Thunderbird e-mail software, are open-source software designed to be free to use and adapt.