shelfware

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This is the JargonFile (V4.00) entry for shelfware - Next: shell, Prev: shareware
:shelfware: /shelfweir/ /n./ Software purchased on a whim (by an individual user) or in accordance with policy (by a corporation or government agency), but not actually required for any particular use. Therefore, it often ends up on some shelf.
* (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain)


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