Что (кто) такое shelfware - определение
shelfware
UNUSED SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
n.
The bound, printed version of a project, which likely will end up on a shelf, unused and forgotten, gathering dust.
We put ten man-months into that research, but all it became was shelfware.
The bound, printed version of a project, which likely will end up on a shelf, unused and forgotten, gathering dust.
We put ten man-months into that research, but all it became was shelfware.
shelfware
UNUSED SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
<jargon> /shelfweir/ Software which is never used and so
ends up on the shelf. Shelfware may be purchased on a whim by
an individual, or in accordance with corporate policy, but not
actually required for any particular use. Alternatively, it
may be software that has been developed (unlike vaporware),
but is never released as a product -- a common occurrence at
DEC.
[Jargon File ]
(1997-07-20)
Shelfware
UNUSED SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Shelfware at one time referred to binders of unused documentation and at present refers to unused software. It also refers to security and other policies and procedures that fill an "array of binders" collecting dust.
Википедия
Shelfware
Shelfware at one time referred to binders of unused documentation and at present refers to unused software. It also refers to security and other policies and procedures that fill an "array of binders" collecting dust.
