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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 23:47:35 -0700
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From: Community Memory To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-history@cpsr.org" Subject: CM> Origins of word "vaporware", Esther Dyson?
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Sender: Paul Andrews Subject: Re: CM> Origins of word "vaporware", Esther Dyson?
Richard et al, Although "vaporware" was perhaps popularized by Esther,
she credits Ann Winblad, who in turn heard it from Microsoft's Mark
Ursino...but Stewart Alsop (stewart_alsop@infoworld.com) may have been
the one to turn it into everyday lingo with his P.C. Letter list.
Not to dampen Richard's birthday memories, but Microsoft shipped
Windows 1.0 on Nov. 20, 1985, 10 days and two (not three) years after the
momentous smoke 'n mirrors announcement of Nov. 10, 1983. (The 1985
shipment came during Fall Comdex.)
Paul
Andrews/Seattle Times
co-author, GATES: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made
Himself the Richest Man in America
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Sender: Paul Andrews Subject: Re: CM> Origins of word "vaporware", Esther Dyson?
Richard et al, Although "vaporware" was perhaps popularized by Esther,
she credits Ann Winblad, who in turn heard it from Microsoft's Mark
Ursino...but Stewart Alsop (stewart_alsop@infoworld.com) may have been
the one to turn it into everyday lingo with his P.C. Letter list.
Not to dampen Richard's birthday memories, but Microsoft shipped
Windows 1.0 on Nov. 20, 1985, 10 days and two (not three) years after the
momentous smoke 'n mirrors announcement of Nov. 10, 1983. (The 1985
shipment came during Fall Comdex.)
Paul
Andrews/Seattle Times
co-author, GATES: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made
Himself the Richest Man in America
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