Comments on: Interesting Document About Microsoft’s Injuries to Industry, Using Vapourware http://techrights.org/2008/08/10/injuries-to-industry-vaporware/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/08/10/injuries-to-industry-vaporware/comment-page-1/#comment-18784 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:02:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/10/injuries-to-industry-vaporware/#comment-18784 Thanks, David. I read Roughly Drafted myself and I consider it to be factually reliable, at least as far as its writings about Free software are concerned. Thanks, David. I read Roughly Drafted myself and I consider it to be factually reliable, at least as far as its writings about Free software are concerned.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2008/08/10/injuries-to-industry-vaporware/comment-page-1/#comment-18783 David Gerard Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:58:01 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/10/injuries-to-industry-vaporware/#comment-18783 RoughlyDrafted.com has extensive articles on Microsoft vaporware: <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/4E2A8848-5738-45B1-A659-AD7473899D7D.html" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/9D82740A-139C-432C-8279-AD2D4E04892E.html" rel="nofollow">2</a>, <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q2.07/878F362F-2BF5-4C86-84E7-9C976F7BDDD4.html" rel="nofollow">3</a> <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/922B4392-850C-4CA6-92F3-9C265E22DD1E.html" rel="nofollow">4</a>, <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/08/15/sco-linux-and-microsoft-in-the-history-of-os-1980s/" rel="nofollow">5</a>. Basically: vaporware has <i>long</i> been a favoured Microsoft approach. (Note that RoughlyDrafted's entire purpose in life appears to be being an Apple fan site, dedicated to proving that anything whatsoever that Apple does is brilliant. But the documented factual bits in those articles are interesting.) RoughlyDrafted.com has extensive articles on Microsoft vaporware: 1, 2, 3 4, 5. Basically: vaporware has long been a favoured Microsoft approach.

(Note that RoughlyDrafted’s entire purpose in life appears to be being an Apple fan site, dedicated to proving that anything whatsoever that Apple does is brilliant. But the documented factual bits in those articles are interesting.)

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