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Wired Releases Annual Vaporware List

Posted by Hemos on from the where's-the-product dept.

alacqua writes: "Wired has an article titled Vaporware 2001: Empty Promises which is a top-ten list of last year's vaporware. 'You've Got Smell!' made it, but the Justice Department did not. Says Wired, 'Speaking of Microsoft, some smart-aleck readers opined that the most vaporous thing in tech last year was the Justice Department's failure to deliver on its promise to punish Bill Gates for his company's monopolistic misdeeds -- but we thought that a bit of a stretch.'"

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  1. Here's one for the list! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Vaporware, eh? How about a polished, professional GNU/Linux operating system?

    Oh, and a version of Slash that doesn't look like it was written by a three-year-old.

    Thanks, and FP!

  2. Don't forget - Windows XP Security by heretic108 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This would be the biggest 'vaporware' of all.

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  3. FPS are, by definition, cookie-cutter by cats-paw · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    From the article:

    But 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller wasn't very upset to hear about his product getting the Vaporware top spot. "It's a very ambitious game," he said. "It's not cookie-cutter shooter like most are nowadays

    If it's another FPS, how can it NOT be cookie-cutter ?

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  4. Re:Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    I guess that is supposed to be funny, but really it's just gay. That must be considered humor in Fagville.

  5. Re:You can't have it both ways by H1r0Pr0tag0n1st · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All I can say is that while I look forward to it coming out (if ever) Duke Nukem Forever is most aptly titled. At least if the title refers to how long it's going to take for them to release it.

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  6. Ugh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Need there be further proof that Slashdot is infested with slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, something-for-nothing socialis^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H liberals?

    Good post.

  7. What are you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think that you are actually admitting that _you_ are a slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, something-for-nothing socialis^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H liberal.

    Otherwise you wouldn't be infesting this site.

    Or maybe there are some non-liberal people here too, and you are just full of shit.