Wired News 2006 Vaporware Awards

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Wired News 2006 Vaporware Awards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @05:02AM from the it's-that-time-of-year-again dept.

silentounce writes "Wired News has released the winners of its 9th annual Wired News Vaporware Awards. I won't list any of them in the summary because I don't want to spoil anyone's surprise. They have some interesting entries, one that is more a concept of a product than an actual product. I'm not sure how you can claim something is vaporware if it hasn't even been given a specific name or a developer yet, but apparently they think they can. "

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I like ruining surprises by MasterC · 2006-12-27 05:18 · Score: 5, Informative
I like ruining surprises (uh, ok, whatever Mr. Story Poster) and I hate multi-page stories. Wikipedia links provided for the fun of it
- 10. Optimus-103 Keyboard
- 9. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
- 8. The "IPod Killer"
- 7. Gran Turismo 4 Mobile
- 6. Airbus A380
- 5. SED Televisions
- 4. Spore
- 3. Skype for Symbian
- 2. TiVoToGo for Mac
- 1. Duke Nukem Forever
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Re:Vaporware by Thansal · 2006-12-27 05:37 · Score: 4, Informative

Actualy TF2 is currently slated for release with HL2:EP2 (I think that has a 2nd quarter '07 date, but I don't remember atm).

The original TF2 was scrapped around the same time as HL2 started dev, but that was because they just compleatly restarted the project based on Source.

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Re:A380 is not vaporware... by Richard_at_work · 2006-12-27 06:20 · Score: 3, Informative

Actually the X-33 never flew, the project was cancelled when the prototype was 85% complete.

The A380 is not vapourware - its in production, the delays are due to production problems and not technical issues with the concept itself. Infact, the A380 delays are the perfect example of incompatabilities in IT based projects - different parts were designed with different versions of the CATIA system, leading to problems with the wiring bundles that Airbus are sorting out now.

Airlines also disagree with you - two airlines (Singapore and Qantas) placed followon orders to their originals this year, even before they had the first one delivered, so that says something about confidence in the aircraft.