The freeware Debate.

I have been reading several posts regarding the freeware debate.Over the past few years i have downloaded many files from avsim and other sites.I am on a fixed income and have been gratefull to the free ware developers for some good flight sim files,yes some have been better than others but in the long run i cant really remember ANY file that damaged my machine.I have downloaded files that would have cost serious money in my local software store,well serious money to a person who don,t have much spare cash like myself. Just a final thought,I wonder how much criticism there would have been if fs6 had been a free ware download.I remember paying