ted@imsvax.UUCP (02/07/86)
Is there an annual prize for Vapor-ware in the computer world anywhere? I would like to nominate Wendin Inc. with their $50 UNIX package (what some claim UNIX is worth) for the prize if there is one. Has anyone ever advertised and taken money for a software product four months before it is available before??
jay@ethos.UUCP (Jay Denebeim) (02/10/86)
In article <509@imsvax.UUCP>, ted@imsvax.UUCP (Ted Holden) writes: > Has anyone > ever advertised and taken money for a software product four months before > it is available before?? Not this week anyway. It's not uncommon at all in the micro-computer world to see adds six months to a year before the first unit goes out the door. -- Jay Denebeim "One world, one egg, one basket." {seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!mcnc!rti-sel!ethos!jay Deep Thought, ZNode #42 300/1200/2400 919-471-6436
jabusch@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (02/13/86)
How about Microsoft's Windows? It seems to me that there were
almost two years between the original announcement and the actual release,
although I may be mistaking an unofficial leak for the original announce-
ment.
John W. Jabusch
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