Re: Firmware or Firmwares?

Subject: Re: Firmware or Firmwares?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:16:27 -0700

Point them to a dictionary. Firmware is a mass noun.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/firmware

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Jim <jameswitkin -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Time to settle another debate I'm having with one of the engineers. I've
> always used "firmware" to refer to one firmware file or a group of files,
> the same way you would use "software." I never say "softwares." Has anyone
> ever used the term "firmwares" to refer to multiple firmware files or a
> group of files?
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