Mac software purchases help Child's Play charity Dec 7th

Buying software from select Mac developers on December 7th, 2006 will do more than just add another icon to your A licatio folder. It'll make the holidays a little nicer for sick kids in children's ho itals all over the world by providing them with toys, games and other seasonably charitable goodne .

A group of independent Mac developers are donating all of the proceeds from their sales of select a licatio on December 7 to Child's Play is a Seattle-based charity started in 2003 by the guys at Pe y Arcade, the gaming company folks who make the gaming-oriented webcomic (thanks for the correction, Samuel!). All you need to do is buy the a , just as you normally would. Your contributio will help make a kid's life a little cheerier, and you'll get some great software in the proce .

There are some really great titles, too, so if you were co idering treating yourself to some cool software, Dec 7 (tomorrow, for most of us) is the day to do it. Heck, you could even continue the irit of giving by buying an a or two as a gift for someone else. Software Stocking Stuffers anyone?

The complete list of participating Developers and their participating a are listed on Ironcoder. Highlights include iRooster, Billable, Freeze Frame, VoodooPad, Houdah ot, LifeBoat, iDictionary and more!

This is a great effort for a great cause and I a laud the participating developers for their efforts.