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I pay for all my software, if needed. I have no problem paying $1200 for a license, if needed.
I use free stuff, if needed.
Unless you are a very unsuccessful or new Engineer, you should be making enough money to pay for your own sh*t. Just saying. Penny pinchers, need not apply.
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Penny pinchers and tight-wads, need not apply. Pay for the freakin software if you have to. No big deal really.
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Most people want something for nothing.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've never paid for shareware and I never will.
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Enough so that the man I see in the mirror is only disgusted with his appearance.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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If I use it more than about 3 times I donate, and that winrar purchase could have been me!
I can afford the minimal payment most apps require to register, it's the poor sods in 3rd world countries where US$20 is a major commitment that I sympathise with.
I once sent Neil Asher a payment for $60 for 5 books I pirated. Artist, and developers, deserve to be paid for their creations.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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As for me, if it's a well-written piece of software I'll pay for it. My most recent purchase was Sublime Text 3. I don't use it that much yet, but even for marginal use it's a nice piece of software. The author(s) deserve some compensation for not making something that's not a pile of sh*t.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 26-Oct-15 11:01am.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: The author(s) deserve some compensation for not making something that's not a pile of sh*t.
Might want to pay attention to your double negatives... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Let's just cough that one up to being Monday shall we.
Jeremy Falcon
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Colin Mullikin wrote: Might want to pay attention to your double negatives
Why, we are Americans.
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Why would anyone pay for WinRAR / WinZip when 7-Zip[^] is free?
I made the mistake of paying for a copy of WinZip 10 years ago. I've never paid to upgrade to a newer version, but I still get two or three spam messages from them every week.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The question is: do you hit the 'Donate' button on 7-Zip's site? 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I have always donated to shareware/freeware applications I find useful, though usually I'd rather build my own if possible. As for paid applications, the only one I ever 'cracked' was InstallShield many years ago since they wouldn't allow for an upgrade from the Express version which we had just paid over $300 for. That version of IS is now a dozen years old, but still works.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I paid for it. And I make donations to folks like Synergy. What goes around comes around.
Marc
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: How many software did you paid for?
None yet
Intend to pay for one in future, so that I can proudly answer to questions like this "Yes, I have PAID for for A software"
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We hear you struggle to repair but I beg to differ (9).
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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MENDICANT
We hear you struggle to repair MEND? I CAN'T! but I beg to differ
And a MENDICANT is a begger - what "to differ" is there for, I'm not sure.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I was going to go for REPUDIATE, but the anagram doesn't quite work and I think yours is better 
Sometimes, it just is, OK!
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I fear you're probably right (didn't occur to me to put MEND at the front so I didn't come anywhere near it!) I also don't get the 'differ' and it's not really a homophone either. Nobody pronounces it MEND AYE CANT, surely?
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So, any confirmed solution/answer today or did I miss a message elsewhere?
Sometimes, it just is, OK!
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Sorry for the delay work got it in the way - you are up tomorrow
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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A mendicant is a beggar 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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But what's the "to differ" there for?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I couldn't think of anything else that suggested beg 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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