So, you've reached the realization that computer software is very expensive, at least if you want to get the "good" stuff that everyone else is using. What if that isn't entirely true? What if the makers of said software wanted you to believe that you had to pay their high prices for quality software (or get an illegal copy) just to make sure that you would continue buying and using their software? As a matter of fact, that is exactly the case.What many software development companies don't want you to know, is that there are cost free alternatives to their software that functions as well as, and in many cases better than, the software that they require you to pay hundreds of dollars for.