Gail and his Knights

Free software has been around for a long time, i still find myself amazed with people who just don't know about it. So here is a short list of some very good free software!
open office which is the open source free equal to microsoft office.
is just as good as office, actually it is better since it is free!
it works the same as office and is fully compatible. www.openoffice.org
here is a bunch more free software that really is just as good or very close to the ones you have to buy.

7-zip http://www.7zip.com/ which is the free equel to win zip.
AVG Antivirus http://free.avg.com/,
superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/,
cd burner xp http://cdburnerxp.se/

thunderbird (better than outlook express)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
and a calendar add(lighting) on for thunderbird.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313
all excellent free programs
oh of course firefox www.firefox.com
here is an extended free software list
http://www.synergymx.com/foss_list.php
www.sourceforge.net is a another great place to find all kinds of free software

Open Office Write(Equal to Word screenshot)

I got my latest Asp.Net Pro mag yesterday I noticed a review for IronSpeed Designer for Asp.net easy developement. I was surprised at how much they liked the product. Usually asp.net pro is not big on programs like this. I decided to google it and i found several other reviews that were raving about it. This could be a major time saver, auto generated code,stored procedures and web pages all in one shot sweet! I'll have to check it out and post back, I am excited about it. more time i save happier wife is :P

http://www.ironspeed.com/