Noun

crippleware (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable, computing, chiefly derogatory) A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.

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Mon Aug 30 16:16:49 2010

In economics, a damaged good (sometimes termed "crippleware" or product with "anti-features") is a good that has been deliberately limited in performance, quality or utility, typically for marketing reasons as part of a strategy of product differentiation.

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Tue Aug 24 04:01:20 2010

What netbook should I get?
Q. I am going to put in ubuntu 9.04, the dell mini 12 is not an option right now. I heard of some problems with that model. So should I get a dell mini 9 or a system76 Starling? I have no plans on ever installing windows xp or the crippleware of windows 7 starter
Asked by Aaron - Wed May 6 14:06:14 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
Which netbook is better?
Q. The System76 Starling, Dell mini 9, or Dell mini 12. Which ones would you suggest? I am going to use the ubuntu OS, I have no intention to use the legacy xp or the crippleware windows 7 starter operating system.
Asked by Aaron - Mon May 4 11:01:39 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments
free webhost YOU HAVE USED that...?
Q. offers FTP upload PHP 4 *NOT* in safe mode a few mySQL DBs .htaccess (mod_rewrite, error pages, dir list options, env var) FILESIZE: 100 meg max or more a few gigs of storage a dozen gigs of monthly transfer downloadable, daily RAW stats must allow uploads of executable files (win32 exe) * preferably cpanel or non-crippleware control panel mod_security if ads must not break PHP applications like gallery2 (godaddy does) yes, I can search yahoo for free hosting, too, thanks, but I don't want your quick copy paste from engine answers. If YOU don't have first hand experience with the host I don't want to see your answer. :)
Asked by Faster Than Lite Beer - Sat May 26 00:46:58 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Please see our site at a see if we seem to have the kind of site you'd like to make. ' www.tripod.com has most or all of the things you mentioned.I am honestly not sure about the downloadable stats because I've never tried to do that. We don't do e-commerce per se on that site but tripod does offer that capability.
Answered by A F - Sat May 26 00:59:54 2007

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