Vaporware
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In the computer industry, vaporware is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is significantly delayed, never released, or canceled.
The U.S. Justice Department accused IBM of intentionally announcing its IBM System/360 Model 91 computer (pictured) nearly two years early to hurt sales of its competitor's computer.
Influential writer Esther Dyson (pictured here in 2008) popularized the term "vaporware" in her November 1983 issue of RELease 1.0.
Duke Nukem Forever booth at PAX Prime 2010
Westwood Studios
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Westwood Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 as Brelous Software, but got changed after 2 months into
Vaporware
…received a mostly negative reception from critics and fans. A company notorious for vaporware can improve its reputation. In the 1980s, video game maker Westwood Studios was known for shipping products late. However, by 1993, it had improved so much that Computer Gaming World reported "many publishers would assure [us…
Westwood Studios former office