Comments on: Please Don’t Compare Microsoft Vapourware to Today’s GNU/Linux

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:43:56 +0000

Here is a video where DRI's CEO explains how Microsoft used vapourware against him.

By: Needs Sunlight

Needs Sunlight — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:22:54 +0000

@dyfet : AFAIK, Microsoft has always used vaporware as part of its marketing campaign. I can't think of very many, if any, occasions where Microsofters have ever compared the current version in useof their product to the current version of the established products. As far as selling goes, Microsoft doesn't sell software, it sells phantasies. Vaporware was one of the factors that blocked OS/2. However, the main factors were Microsoft executives reneging on their contract to provide applications and that Microsoft owned much of the OS/2. The former enabled the marketeers to claim a shortage of apps. The latter enabled the company to hinder future development and even block it from being sold or open sourced.

By: dyfet

dyfet — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:59:13 +0000

I found that article to be both extremely idiotic and rather dishonest as well. Now if one wants to speculate what GNU/Linux might look like by 2012, and compare that to speculating what Vista 8 “might” look like, that could still be stupid, but at least more honest.