FM> What about the latest program you or your colleagues wrote at work?

PE> Yes.  If you have a problem, and I respond with "CVCHG fixes that",

RS> Massive faking, clearly its not vaporware.

PE> It is, it's not available to the world as a solution to ANY problem.

RS> Thats not what the definition of vaporware is. Soorree.

RS> Just like the software to run your submarines, it wont be
RS> FREQable or buyable in a shop, it wont be vapourware tho.

PE> Yes it will, if I try to pass it off as a solution to a general problem.

Faking away like mad, you can have REAL vaporware with software
that just addresses a very narrow and specialised 'problem'

PE> Although you probably will be able to buy that, anyway.

More faking, you were raving on about FREQing or buying it in a shop. You
wont EVER be able to do that, AND they will be rather selective about who
they will allow it to be sold to ANYWAY. Nothing to do with what vaporware is.

PE> You probably can't buy the weapons stuff though, which makes it
PE> vapourware if I try passing it off as better than XYZ weapons controller.

Soorree, thats NOT what the word means. Thats just software
that is not freely available to anyone who wants to buy it.

PE> For all practical purposes, it doesn't exist.

You really do have a real problem between your ears Paul Edwards. It doesnt
stop existing just because they are choosy about who they will flog it to.
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