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Re:Global Google Kubernetes Engine Outage by dpkirchner on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:29AM (#37523549)
Software is not actually soft.
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Re:Global Google Kubernetes Engine Outage by dijit on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:01AM (#37524127)
Eh, this is a colloqualism I can get behind, though "firm"-ware is actually just a different type of software.

"Hardware" meaning that it's very inflexible, "software" meaning that it is comparatively flexible, "wetware" meaning that it inherently lacks order. ;)

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