About the Catalog
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   The rest of Software Shopper Online is our database or "catalog" -- the 
majority of the shareware programs in our archives, which are neither new 
nor updated this month. While you'll see more than a thousand programs 
listed in the database, please keep in mind that more is coming! We're 
still in the process of converting records, so future issues will be more 
complete. If your favorite shareware title is missing from the database 
now, it will probably soon be added.

   Also, a note about how the database is structured. There really is a 
method to the madness! We divided the database into 32 sections: 16 broad 
categories for DOS and the same 16 broad categories for Windows. 
(Categories include Business, Education, Games, Utilities, etc.) Each 
rather generic category is in turn broken down into smaller subcategories 
-- for example, "Business" is broken down into Accounting, Contact 
Management, Personal Finance and others.

   When you read the database, it will look like each category starts out 
nicely in alphabetical order -- but then does several A-Z cycles! The 
reason for this is that the subcategories are also in alphabetical order. 
Yes, we COULD have separated the database into distinct subcategory files, 
but your SysOps would have wanted to murder us for making them deal with 
hundreds of files instead of the slightly unwieldy 32! As long as you know 
the subcategory structure is there, you should have no trouble finding the 
kinds of programs you're interested in.

   Enjoy!

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