In a message dated 1/7/2008 10:32:23 A.M. Central Standard Time,
colyncase@earthlink.net writes:
emag/pmag is now showing products to display and change timing.
re: PRISM. Vaporware is sw that doesn't work yet
and therefore cannot be manufactured. Far as I can tell, PRISM
actually does work but the supply chain is not worked out for
manufacturing. However, the effect is very similar to
vaporware...
Colyn,
When I first looked at PMAGs, they had no experience with anything other
than a single EMAG on a Lyc 360. I am not even sure the
360 was injected, let alone with a higher compression ratio. Thus the
move from LASAR to LSE.
xMAG have come a long way in the last few years - 24 software
versions, redesigned options and finally a display, albeit requiring a serial
ported laptop (unless you carry your desktop on flights). You can even
dicker with the timing curve - What more could one want? If I were looking
today, I would more seriously consider PMAGs.
Vaporware is undelivered product promise. The promise of PRISM
has been around for a long time. It is still not available. I live
in the present.
BTW, here is Wikipedia's overly strong definition (probably after having
gone thru many experiences):
Vaporware is a
software or
hardware product which is
announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to
emerge, either with or without a protracted
development
cycle. The term implies unwarranted optimism, or sometimes even deception;
that is, it may imply that the
announcer knows that
product development
is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion
date, feature set, or even feasibility.
Scott
Krueger
MotorMouth, Charlatan, Bon Vivant, Escapee, Etcetera...
