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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:40:30 -0700
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From: mmr@darwin.ptvy.ca.us (Mike Roberts) (by way of "David S. Bennahum" )
To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-history@cpsr.org" Subject: CM> Origins of word "vaporware."
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Subject: Re: CM> Origins of word "vaporware."
One of the earliest and most egregious examples was IBM's announcement
of a time-sharing system for its 360/65 circa 1964-65 - an effort to
pre-empt Honeywell/GE, DEC and Univac. The resultant machine, 360/67
and its software were first delivered in late 66 or early 67 as I recall
and didn't work worth a damn. The result was opening the door for
a wave of DEC timesharing on campuses and the triggering of homegrown
efforts at several univ - notably Stanford and Michgan - to build
non-IBM timesharing systems for IBM 360/370 hardware.
This fiasco got quite a bit of attention by the Justice Dept during
its 1970's anti-trust action against IBM.
- Mike Roberts
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Subject: Re: CM> Origins of word "vaporware."
One of the earliest and most egregious examples was IBM's announcement
of a time-sharing system for its 360/65 circa 1964-65 - an effort to
pre-empt Honeywell/GE, DEC and Univac. The resultant machine, 360/67
and its software were first delivered in late 66 or early 67 as I recall
and didn't work worth a damn. The result was opening the door for
a wave of DEC timesharing on campuses and the triggering of homegrown
efforts at several univ - notably Stanford and Michgan - to build
non-IBM timesharing systems for IBM 360/370 hardware.
This fiasco got quite a bit of attention by the Justice Dept during
its 1970's anti-trust action against IBM.
- Mike Roberts
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