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 The U.S. Justice Department accused IBM of intentionally announcing its System/360 Model 91 computer (pictured) three years early to hurt sales of its competitor's computer. |
Vaporware is a term in the computer industry that describes a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually released nor officially cancelled. Vaporware is also a term sometimes used to describe events that are announced or predicted, never officially cancelled, but never intended to happen. The term also generally applies to a product that is announced months or years before its release, and for which public development details are lacking. The word has been applied to a growing range of products including consumer, automobiles, and some stock trading practices. At times, vendors are criticized for intentionally producing vaporware in order to keep customers from switching to competitive products that offer more features.
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- Related: Development hell, Shovelware
| RELease 1.0 November 1983 RELease 1.0 November 1983 downloads.oreilly.com/radar/r1/11-83.pdf - Web |
| Vaporware 1997: We Hardly Knew Ye Vaporware 1997: We Hardly Knew Ye www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1997/12/9431 - Web |
| Vaporware 1998: Windows NT Wins Vaporware 1998: Windows NT Wins www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1998/12/16974 - Web |
Gallery for «Vaporware»
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| Vaporware 1999: The 'Winners' Vaporware 1999: The 'Winners' www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/01/33142 - Web |
| Vaporware 2000: Missing Inaction Vaporware 2000: Missing Inaction www.wired.com/.../40484?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2001: Empty Promises Vaporware 2001: Empty Promises www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/01/49326 - Web |
| Vaporware 2002: Tech up in Smoke? Vaporware 2002: Tech up in Smoke? www.wired.com/.../57023?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2003: Nuke 'Em if Ya Got 'Em Vaporware 2003: Nuke 'Em if Ya Got 'Em www.wired.com/.../61935?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2004: Phantom Haunts Us All Vaporware 2004: Phantom Haunts Us All www.wired.com/.../66195?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2005: Better Late Than Never Vaporware 2005: Better Late Than Never www.wired.com/.../70143?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2006: Return of the King Vaporware 2006: Return of the King www.wired.com/software/softwarereviews/news/2006/12/72350 - Web |
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| Vaporware 2007: Long Live the King Vaporware 2007: Long Live the King www.wired.com/.../YE_Vaporware - Web |
| Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Pr... Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises and Plain Old BS www.wired.com/.../YE8_vaporware?currentPage=all - Web |
| Vaporware 2009: Inhale the Fail Vaporware 2009: Inhale the Fail www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/vaporware-2009-inhale-the-fail/ - Web |
| Vaporware 2010: The Great White Duke Vaporware 2010: The Great White Duke www.wired.com/.../vaporware-2010-the-great-white-duke?viewall=true - Web |
