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'''Vaporware''' (also spelt '''vapourware''') is software or hardware which is | '''Vaporware''' (also spelt '''vapourware''') is software or hardware which is | ||
announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge, either with or without a protracted development cycle. The term implies deception, or at least a negligent degree of optimism; that is, it implies that the ''announcer'' knows that product development is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility. | announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge, either with or without a protracted development cycle. The term implies deception, or at least a negligent degree of optimism; that is, it implies that the ''announcer'' knows that product development is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility. | ||
[[Category:Roguelike development]] | |||
Revision as of 05:43, 19 September 2005
Vaporware (also spelt vapourware) is software or hardware which is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge, either with or without a protracted development cycle. The term implies deception, or at least a negligent degree of optimism; that is, it implies that the announcer knows that product development is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility.