I dont think I have ever bought a substantial software programme that I havnt checked out first using ''available testing environments'' It was only by using such a copy of P3 to check it out that I bought p4 and then pro-pack.(despite pirate copies of both being available). In no other market except this electronic one is a product sold with the proviso 'its got a few problems but buy it and we'll fix it later and even if the bugs mean you cant do what you want to do and your business suffers we will not return your money' . I would venture that wares contributes more than it detracts. It generates a mass publicity machine for software that other manufacturers would pay big bucks for and reaches people who would not neccesarly have tried it or even known about it. If I had made a programme I would place it on the servers just for the advertising value. Anyone who is going to use it proffesionally is probably buying. I dont have to get in to the obvious arguement that software producers work hard and should be paid etc , that goes without saying , my point is that I believe wares is not as big an enemy as is believed. Most copies are collected for kudos or for trading power (probably for porn, now there is exploitation we could talk about!) THese may not be popular opinions here , but they are mine.