Revolution 2.0 To Be Previewed At Macworld
curry
curry at kagi.com
Wed Jan 8 16:30:00 EST 2003
Really, I wouldn't get all riled up over a word. "Vaporware" was not
the best word to use, but in a poem it's obvious that we're not
talking about an entirely serious post anyway. So I can understand
the urge to defend the good name of our friends at RunRev, but
suggest leaving it to a simple reminder rather than bringing up
overly stiff language about accusation. The original context does not
show that the word was used to mean sinister market manipulation
tactics. So if that's the only definition of "vaporware" (I'm not
sure and I'm not going to go try to search for all existing
definitions right now) then it's pretty obvious that this was a
misuse of the word and accusation of failure to deliver, not
accusation of bigger conspiracies. So explaining that it's the wrong
word or usually has a very bad connotation would be enough.
About pointing out whether or not someone complaining has had any
delayed releases of their own, that's legit and I'm all for saying
that. Obviously, the release is later because there's so much good
stuff in it, and I'm going to appreciate that good stuff. I just
think it's not the best use of time to defend someone against other
things when probably they are not really accused of those things as
far as the intent of the person talking. Ha ha, and here I am
spending time talking about it too! Oh well. :-)
Curry
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