Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 个月前Pity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down151
arrow-up1599arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 个月前message-square198fedilink
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 个月前I don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 个月前I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez. Maybe I’m wrong.
minus-squareUntitledQuitting@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 个月前Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·11 个月前Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
I don’t think either answer is wrong.
I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez.
Maybe I’m wrong.
Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.