What does buyware mean?
Buyware means (computing, rare) Commercial software..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(computing, rare) Commercial software..
There is Business Basic (BBX). But it's buyware. If you find GNU licence Basic - let me know.
Don't forget Thoroughbred (www.tbred.com) which is also buyware. Otherwise, look on the bonus pack CD that comes w/ AIX 4.3+... ...There's a copy of Visual Age Java (not the enterprise edition, which is buyware). Not having played with it, I can't vouch for it.
ANY OS - buyware or freeware - has a learning curve.
Not everything on this site is freeware. Some trailware and shareware, and buyware.
Is buyware evil ? Absolutely not. People put money, skills and effort in developing software. They have the right to get compensation for that. That's how the world works. The hippie-era is behind us. And buyware also puts the freeware in a different perspective, if there was no buyware, freeware programmers would probably be slaughtered together with Bill G. for mistakes we call minor annoying bugs now.
Use buyware when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Buyware means (computing, rare) Commercial software..
Common synonyms include costware, payware.
Possible antonyms include free software, freeware.
There is Business Basic (BBX). But it's buyware. If you find GNU licence Basic - let me know.
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