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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(computing, derogatory, slang) Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality..
1998, Larry Wall, quoted in "Open source gurus convene", C-Net E-Magazine, April 8, 1998. You'll do us all a big favor if you disassociate freeware from schlockware.
As someone else wrote, "interesting thread you have here." Having worked in a group that has implemented 70,000 seats of M$ schlockware for a single customer, I can testify that having that many seats in your environment, barely draws any attention from the boyz in Redmond.
Use schlockware when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Schlockware means (computing, derogatory, slang) Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality..
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1998, Larry Wall, quoted in "Open source gurus convene", C-Net E-Magazine, April 8, 1998. You'll do us all a big favor if you disassociate freeware from schlockware.
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