costware
English
Etymology
cost + -ware
Noun
costware (uncountable)
- (computing, slang, rare) Commercial software.
- Synonyms: buyware, payware
- Antonyms: free software, freeware
- 1994 September 27, Michael Sattler, San Francisco, “Why All The Different Eudora Versions?”, in comp.sys.mac.comm, Usenet, retrieved 2022-01-18:
- There are two paths to travel in Eudora-land. The 1.* versions are freeware, the 2.* versions are costware. The big difference between the two is filtering, a darn useful feature. 2.1 is the latest and greatest costware version.
- 1997 February 10, Vinal Applebee, “3D Fonts”, in comp.cad.autocad, Usenet, retrieved 2022-01-18:
- Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????
- 1997 July 6, Chris Cox, “plugin is costware now?”, in comp.lang.tcl, Usenet, retrieved 2022-01-18:
- The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commerical use.
- 1999 March 23, Andrea Gasperi, “Please Help (Tomorrow on pubblishing)”, in microsoft.public.vinterdev, Usenet, retrieved 2022-01-18:
- Now my questions:
1) wich components should I install on the publishing server?
2) where do I get it?
3) do I need to restart the server after setup?
4) is the software I install costware?
- 2000 May 2, pegleg, “CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus”, in rec.photo.digital, Usenet, retrieved 2022-01-18:
- I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out.