The author of the software, who is known as John, has come up with a way in which he has been able to give away software downloads of his company's Apache NetBeans. His primary goal was to take advantage of the freedom that a piece of software gives the user to freely share it with other people. What this does for any company that has free software available for its employees is that they will be able to learn more about the product and will be able to find out if it will actually suit their needs. If they choose to go for a different program then they will also be able to learn why they are getting a free upgrade.
When a company is first made aware of the idea of taking advantage of the free software that is available, it will be difficult for them to get over their initial skepticism. The reason that many companies are scared of downloading software from the Internet is because they do not know where it is being downloaded from. They will be getting access to a product that is downloaded by many different people at the same time which may very well turn out to be a negative experience for their business. In order to take advantage of the right track, a company will have to sign up for an account on the NetBeans website. Once a user has signed up for an account then they will be given the chance to access the free download of Apache NetBeans.
A user will be given the option to download the software onto a USB stick or onto their computer without a CD. Once the software has been downloaded, the user will be able to easily put it onto the hard drive of their computer. Once the software has been installed then the user will be able to continue working on it without having to take out the software to make changes to it.
