Vapourware vs Dreamware - What's the difference?
vapourware | dreamware |
Vapourware has no English definition.
(rare) Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
* 1901 , Paulist Fathers, Catholic World
* 1994 , William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work
* 2008 , Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration
(computing, rare) Speculative software products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
* 1989 , Visual Resources Association, Bulletin
* 1989 , Information Access Company, Datamation
* 1999 , Jessica Keyes, Internet Management
Vapourware is likely misspelled.
Vapourware has no English definition.
As a noun dreamware is
things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.dreamware
English
Noun
(-)- No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware ; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...
- The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware . Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.
- So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!
- ...the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.
- Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware .
- You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.