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English Dictionary: vaporware by the DICT Development Group
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   vaporware /vay'pr-weir/ n.   Products announced far in advance
   of any release (which may or may not actually take place).   See also
   {brochureware}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   vaporware
  
      /vay'pr-weir/ Products announced far in advance of
      any release (which may or may not actually take place).   The
      term came from {Atari} users and was later applied by
      {Infoworld} to {Microsoft}'s continuous lying about {Microsoft
      Windows}.
  
      See also {brochureware}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-09-30)
  
  
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