Why people would pay for software is beyond me :) And,no,i'm not saying you should get the software you're using from warez sites :smoke:
It's just that for pretty much every program a regular windows user uses there is a free alternative.You want an antivirus?Use AVG.A firewall?No problem.Zone alarm does the trick.A cd/dvd burner?Deepburner is the answer!
It's true,not all of them have all the pretty options a payed software has.But the regular user won't need those fancy options in the first place.I for one have exactly 2 registered softwares right now.And i use them both for my work