Mike Werner wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 08:13:26PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> > What exactly is vaporware?
>
> >From the Jargon File:
>
> :vaporware: /vay'pr-weir/ /n./ Products announced far in
> advance of any release (which may or may not actually take place).
> See also {brochureware}.
This all pales before a fairly new species of software:
ipoware: (eye-pee-oh-wear) n. a kitchensink software compiled solely
from user wish-lists, leaked to Jesse Berst immediately prior to a
company's initial public offering and never intended to see the light of
day thereafter.
montefin
