“Software Distribution for the New Millenium”

Brian Andresen said something astute to me tonight.

Who would have guessed that shareware would become *the* software distribution model for the new millenium? :)

That is weird, but it's true. Any software with a free trial-period is essentially using the shareware model. Shareware also allows people to distribute the software on their own (thus the term "share"!), but I believe the more important part of the model is (now) the free trial period.

That's a change in how the world (or my part of it) works, brought about by the internet. Interesting observation.