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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:11:27 -0700
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Subject: VaporWHERE?
I'm just starting to research an article for a New York
weekly about the history and practice of vaporware.
I suspect it also might be a interesting topic of
discussion for the (dis)assembled multitudes here on
CommMem.
Clearly, the tactic of announcing a non-existant product
(or armament, for that matter) to either discourage
the competition, or force them to divert precious
resources toward an unproductive goal, is not an
invention of the computer industry. I'm interested,
though, both in early examples of vaporware, as
well as more recent examples. Generally, it seems
Microsoft is often the company pointed to as a repeat
offender in this area, but this is obv. an industry-wide
problem.
Sam Pratt (Esquire magazine, et al.)
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Subject: VaporWHERE?
I'm just starting to research an article for a New York
weekly about the history and practice of vaporware.
I suspect it also might be a interesting topic of
discussion for the (dis)assembled multitudes here on
CommMem.
Clearly, the tactic of announcing a non-existant product
(or armament, for that matter) to either discourage
the competition, or force them to divert precious
resources toward an unproductive goal, is not an
invention of the computer industry. I'm interested,
though, both in early examples of vaporware, as
well as more recent examples. Generally, it seems
Microsoft is often the company pointed to as a repeat
offender in this area, but this is obv. an industry-wide
problem.
Sam Pratt (Esquire magazine, et al.)
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