What Makes A Software Program Abandonware
Abandonware is software that has been abandoned or ignored by its developer, whether on purpose on unintentionally. There are a variety of reasons that a software program is left ignored by a developer. Even the term itself isn’t super specific and can refer to many types of software program types like shareware, freeware, free software, open-source software, and commercial software. Abandonware doesn’t necessarily mean that the program is no longer available for purchase or download but instead means that it’s simply no longer maintained by the creator, meaning that there’s no technical support and that patches, updates, service packs, etc....