best softwares you came across

I have used a lot of software packages in my career as a computer instructor but I would say the software that has entertained me the most would have to be Adobe Photoshop. I made a lot of money over the years teaching people how to get started with Photoshop because it can be intimidating. But... ... in the last couple of years I have not been using Photoshop so much. I found a new software package called Xara eXtreme and now I do most of my graphics using Xara and only use Photoshop for some of the tough things Xara can't do or the things I know how to do in Photoshop that I haven't learned in Xara yet. The next piece of software would be DreamWeaver. I used it to create hundreds of web sites for clients and myself and even for class members. There are easier tools now and now I mostly blog so I don't need it but it was an awesome tool in my collection and it earned me many thousands of dollars in both teach others to use it and from using it in my web design business.