> not really contributing to the clearness of meaning of the word. It > somehow feels to me the word is being hijacked. Couldn't we just call > these things 'shareware' or something else ? yes there are some other options the I happen to like MS shared source ware open-zource firmware
open-source warez unrelasedware maybeware babyware (that has to grow into real men ware) and maybe vapourware http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl2david/projects/vapourware.html greetings :)
