“OldVersion.com offers more than 600 versions of about 65 different programs. The site focuses on programs that are distributed by their makers for free, such as Adobe Systems Inc.’s Acrobat Reader and Yahoo’s instant-messaging software. The old versions are submitted by volunteers who save copies before they get replaced on software makers’ Web sites.

“Companies make a lot of new versions. They’re not always better for the consumer,” said Alex Levine, a 16-year-old who runs OldVersion as a hobby from his family’s home in Fayetteville, N.Y. Text advertisements on the site help pay for his monthly Web hosting bill, he said.”

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