costware
nounEtymology From cost + -ware.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Rare, Slang Commercial software.
- 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.1994 September 27, Michael Sattler, San Francisco, “Why All The Different Eudora Versions?”, in comp.sys.mac.comm (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
- Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????1997 February 10, Vinal Applebee, “3D Fonts”, in comp.cad.autocad (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
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- The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use.1997 July 6, Chris Cox, “plugin is costware now?”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
- 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?1999 March 23, Andrea Gasperi, “Please Help (Tomorrow on pubblishing)”, in microsoft.public.vinterdev (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022:
- I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out.2000 May 2, pegleg, “CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus”, in rec.photo.digital (Usenet), retrieved 18 Jan 2022: