Other directories, such as ZD Net's software library at Shareware. Com present software arranged by genre, and give ratings and descriptions. On-line services like Compuserve and AOL have thousands of available programs. The same is true for Compuserve. Black sheep are rare and don't harm the freeware movement as a whole, Ehrmann says.
Most programmers are idealists.
The Linux community consists largely of technophiles. The code of the operating system can be improved and developed according to certain rules, available for all. This leaves little opportunity for profit motives.