garageware
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From garage + -ware, suggesting development by amateurs in a domestic garage.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
garageware (uncountable)
- (computing, slang, derogatory) Shoddy, amateurish software.
- 1997, vak, “Lack of Free Software for PP...”, in alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (Usenet):
- People who spend real money on real servers aren't in the habit of running shareware or garageware.
- 2001, Bob, “Zone Alarm 3.6 True Vector”, in comp.security.firewalls (Usenet):
- The ones which cause me the most trouble are various garageware sound file editors. One of them will crash Win2K if I run it and run an ascii editor at the same time.
- 2007, Walter Mitty, “Help! Upgraded to XP”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):
- […] the simple fact is that most native Linux games are rubbish garageware and that the industry simply doesnt[sic] care about the Linux community at large because they are generally not gamers but more serious "hackers" and hobbyists.