Microspeak: who mentioned software?
bloatware (General industry usage) Software that takes up a huge and disproportionate amount of space on your hard drive. Synonym: Spacehog. vaporware A Microsoft classic, dating back to at least the early-'90s era of Microserfs (likely before), and now escaped into the world at large. Software that was conceived (and probably promoted and advertised) but never came to fruition; by extension, a foolish or fanciful conceit. © Ken Barnes	Vaporware is generally only an exercise in public relations, but bloatware is a real nuisance that should be banned! Unsolicited user-friendliness and over-sophistication often defeat the original purpose.

Microspeak: who mentioned software?

bloatware: (General industry usage) Software that takes up a huge and disproportionate amount of space on your hard drive. Synonym: Spacehog.

vaporware: A Microsoft classic, dating back to at least the early-'90s era of Microserfs (likely before), and now escaped into the world at large. Software that was conceived (and probably promoted and advertised) but never came to fruition; by extension, a foolish or fanciful conceit.

Vaporware is generally only an exercise in public relations, but bloatware is a real nuisance that should be banned! Unsolicited user-friendliness and over-sophistication often defeat the original purpose.

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