FM> Interesting definition of "vapourware", on that basis
FM> Corel Draw is vapourware - you can't freq that.

PE> Or buy it in a shop.

RS> Still completely bogus, there is plenty of software thats
RS> used all the time thats neither FREQable or buyable in a shop.

PE> So what's your definition of vapourware?

Something thats claimed to exist, but doesnt actually exist.
Usually in an attempt to avoid someone buying the competitors
BUYABLE product by pretending that yours is imminently buyable.

PE> Make sure that OS/2 4.0 is covered by the definition.

Thats not necessarily vaporware. Any sensible operation will be continuing
to enhance their product, and may well even be testing it in a very limited
distribution, doing the usual bug excision etc when its exposed to the raft
of hardware out there, particularly when its an OS. The term vaporware has
the implication of deliberate deception added to as yet unreleased software.

And a product that is say used internally but that the company cant
justify spending the money on polishing enough to be a viable commercial
product coz they cant see that they would make money out of it certainly
aint vaporware. Its just a product they cant see will make them money.

For example a Win app which doesnt have proper OLE support, may well be
considered to not be commercially viable in todays market without it and
it may be considered that the cost of the rewrite to add it just isnt
warranted and it never does get released, but may be used internally etc.
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