Shareware (English Wikipedia)

Wang, Wallace (2006). "Adware and Spyware". Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You About the Internet. No Starch Press. p. 285. ISBN 1-59327-105-0. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
Magid, Lawrence J. (August 1982). "PC-Talk". PC Magazine. p. 143. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
Watt, Peggy (June 11, 1984). "Software for a Donation". InfoWorld. Vol. 6, no. 24. p. 36. ISSN 0199-6649.
Falkner, Mike (February 29, 1988). "PC-Write". PC. Vol. 7, no. 4. pp. 264–267. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
"PC Mag Nov 24, 1992". November 24, 1992. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
Driscoll 2022, pp. 117–120. Driscoll, Kevin (2022). The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24814-2. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

brainchilddesign.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Jump 'n Bump (Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine). readme.txt: "JUMP 'N BUMP by Brainchild Design in 1998 Jump 'n Bump is e-mailware. That means you're supposed to send us an e-mail. Write for example where you're from and what you thought about this game. If you do that, you will greatly encourage us to make more games for you!"

chartmogul.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

The SaaS Conversion Report: 2026 Benchmarks (Report). ChartMogul. January 2026. Retrieved May 10, 2026. Trial-based acquisition has become the industry standard for SaaS; 57% of software products now utilize a free trial as their primary entry point for new customers, significantly outstripping the 26% that utilize a pure freemium model.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

Milian, Mark (June 13, 2011). "Reading apps sell subscriptions to fuzzy feelings". CNN. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

ddj.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Article about Jim "Button" Knopf Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, from Dr. Dobb's Journal

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Sipior, Janice C.; Ward, Burke T.; Roselli, Georgina R. (Spring 2005). "The Ethical and Legal Concerns of Spyware". Information Systems Management. 22 (2): 43. doi:10.1201/1078/45099.22.2.20050301/87276.5. S2CID 26291227.

dynamicpad.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"DynamicPAD :: An Advanced Software Submission Technology". DynamicPAD. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.

erowid.org (Global: 3,273^rd place; English: 1,926^th place)

"Bob Wallace Timeline". Erowid. January 12, 2004. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.

forentrepreneurs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Skok, David. "SaaS Metrics 2.0 – A Guide to Measuring and Improving what Matters". For Entrepreneurs. Matrix Partners. Retrieved May 10, 2026. According to the Softletter SaaS Report, 66% of the companies surveyed had a free-trial-to-paying-customer conversion rate of 25% or less, with many reporting rates below 10%.

friedemann-schmidt.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Exifer for Windows". www.friedemann-schmidt.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2016.

labnol.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Software That is both Shareware and Guiltyware". Archived from the original on May 24, 2014.

loonygames.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hague, James (February 8, 1999). "Gimme Your Money: A Half-Baked History of Shareware". Loonygames. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

ludoscience.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Alvarez, Julian; Michaud, Laurent (July 2008). Serious Games: Advergaming, edugaming, training and more (PDF). IDATE. p. 45. ISBN 978-2-84822-169-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

nbn-resolving.de (Global: 1,834^th place; English: 8,390^th place)

Jepson, Anna; Lundin, Elin (April 3, 2009). Freemium for large enterprises (Thesis). KTH Royal Institute of Technology. p. 14. urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-99781.

newspapers.com (Global: 24^th place; English: 12^th place)

Bink, Thomas (April 4, 1996). "Shareware Profitable and Popular". The Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario, Canada). p. 17.
Gnoffo Jr., Anthony (July 4, 1993). "The Shareware Computer Industry, A Growing World Of Innovation, Trust". Night-Ridder Newspapers. Rutland Daily Herald (Rutland, Vermont). p. 8D.
Flynn, Laurie (November 14, 1993). "Cheap, Easy Shareware Big Business". Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi). p. C7.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Markoff, John (September 26, 2002). "Bob Wallace, 53, Software Pioneer, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

paulspicks.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Callahan, Michael E. "The History of Shareware". Paul's Picks. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008.

rogueamoeba.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

weblog.rogueamoeba.com

"Code Signing and You". rogueamoeba.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Sipior, Janice C.; Ward, Burke T.; Roselli, Georgina R. (Spring 2005). "The Ethical and Legal Concerns of Spyware". Information Systems Management. 22 (2): 43. doi:10.1201/1078/45099.22.2.20050301/87276.5. S2CID 26291227.

spatie.be (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Postcards".

tidbits.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"FTP". Archived from the original on February 21, 2016.

tweaktown.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Feeling guilty about using WinRAR for free for decades? Buy the official WinRAR bag". TweakTown. February 11, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2026.

unt.edu (Global: 1,621^st place; English: 852^nd place)

larc.unt.edu

Parberry, Ian (June 1995). "The Internet and the Aspiring Games Programmer" (PDF). Proceedings of DAGS 95, "Electronic Publishing and the Information Superhighway". Boston: Birkhauser. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Alvarez, Julian; Michaud, Laurent (July 2008). Serious Games: Advergaming, edugaming, training and more (PDF). IDATE. p. 45. ISBN 978-2-84822-169-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
Milian, Mark (June 13, 2011). "Reading apps sell subscriptions to fuzzy feelings". CNN. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
Parberry, Ian (June 1995). "The Internet and the Aspiring Games Programmer" (PDF). Proceedings of DAGS 95, "Electronic Publishing and the Information Superhighway". Boston: Birkhauser. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016.
Giles, Aaron. "Aaron's Computing History". Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
"Exifer for Windows". www.friedemann-schmidt.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
Jump 'n Bump (Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine). readme.txt: "JUMP 'N BUMP by Brainchild Design in 1998 Jump 'n Bump is e-mailware. That means you're supposed to send us an e-mail. Write for example where you're from and what you thought about this game. If you do that, you will greatly encourage us to make more games for you!"
Magid, Lawrence J. (August 1982). "PC-Talk". PC Magazine. p. 143. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
Callahan, Michael E. "The History of Shareware". Paul's Picks. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
Markoff, John (September 26, 2002). "Bob Wallace, 53, Software Pioneer, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
"Association of Software Professionals - A community of real people using real names running real software businesses". www.asp-shareware.org. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
"Bob Wallace Timeline". Erowid. January 12, 2004. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
Article about Jim "Button" Knopf Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, from Dr. Dobb's Journal
"PC Mag Nov 24, 1992". November 24, 1992. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
"Software That is both Shareware and Guiltyware". Archived from the original on May 24, 2014.
"FTP". Archived from the original on February 21, 2016.
"Anarchie v1.1.3 © 1993-94 Peter N Lewis". Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. If you purchase a site license, contact me for information on how to make Anarchie automatically set the ÒI PaidÓ flag in the Preferences dialog (for those who are interested, I leave the ÒI PaidÓ checkbox off on my machine to ensure that the About box is not too annoying and it doesnÕt trouble me, so live with it :-)
Hague, James (February 8, 1999). "Gimme Your Money: A Half-Baked History of Shareware". Loonygames. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
"PAD specification". Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2006.
"DynamicPAD :: An Advanced Software Submission Technology". DynamicPAD. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
"Code Signing and You". rogueamoeba.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2018.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Watt, Peggy (June 11, 1984). "Software for a Donation". InfoWorld. Vol. 6, no. 24. p. 36. ISSN 0199-6649.

wu-wien.ac.at (Global: low place; English: low place)

ftp.wu-wien.ac.at

"Anarchie v1.1.3 © 1993-94 Peter N Lewis". Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. If you purchase a site license, contact me for information on how to make Anarchie automatically set the ÒI PaidÓ flag in the Preferences dialog (for those who are interested, I leave the ÒI PaidÓ checkbox off on my machine to ensure that the About box is not too annoying and it doesnÕt trouble me, so live with it :-)

Shareware (English Wikipedia)

aarongiles.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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cnn.com (Global: 36th place; English: 26th place)

ddj.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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forentrepreneurs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

friedemann-schmidt.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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ludoscience.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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newspapers.com (Global: 24th place; English: 12th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

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rogueamoeba.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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semanticscholar.org (Global: 15th place; English: 8th place)

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spatie.be (Global: low place; English: low place)

tidbits.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

tweaktown.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

unt.edu (Global: 1,621st place; English: 852nd place)

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worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)

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erowid.org (Global: 3,273^rd place; English: 1,926^th place)

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nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

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unt.edu (Global: 1,621^st place; English: 852^nd place)

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worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)