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Sender: "christopher f. chiesa" Subject: Re: CM> Origins of word "vaporware."
On Fri, 12 Jul 1996 Ersatzzz@aol.com wrote:
> I'm just starting to research an article for a New York
> weekly about the history and practice of vaporware.
> [...]
> Microsoft is often the company pointed to as a repeat
> offender in this area, but this is obv. an industry-wide
> problem.
Five to ten years ago, at least in the circles in which _I_ moved, Atari
and Digital Equipment Corporation were both frequently cited for repeated
"vaporware" announcements... "Cited," meaning that their names came up
frequently in the context of frustrated conversations among users
anticipating products which never appeared...
Chris Chiesa
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On Fri, 12 Jul 1996 Ersatzzz@aol.com wrote:
> I'm just starting to research an article for a New York
> weekly about the history and practice of vaporware.
> [...]
> Microsoft is often the company pointed to as a repeat
> offender in this area, but this is obv. an industry-wide
> problem.
Five to ten years ago, at least in the circles in which _I_ moved, Atari
and Digital Equipment Corporation were both frequently cited for repeated
"vaporware" announcements... "Cited," meaning that their names came up
frequently in the context of frustrated conversations among users
anticipating products which never appeared...
Chris Chiesa
______________________________________________________________________
