In tech culture, the term "vaporware" was first used in reference to which product?

Choose your answer and the correct choice will be revealed. Correct Answer: Microsoft Xenix OS What was Comdex before it was shut down in the early 2000s? Typically used to describe a product that was announced but never launched, "vaporware" was reportedly coined by a Microsoft engineer (either John Ulett or Mark Ursino) when asked about the status of the company's Xenix operating system. The term was popularized by technology writer Esther Dyson, who featured it in the November 1983 issue of her newsletter RELease 1.0. The term "vaporware" is a portmanteau of vapor and software, evoking the image of something promised but never materializing – something that seems to disappear into thin air. It is often used to describe products that are announced with great fanfare but are either indefinitely delayed or never released at all. The concept also extends to products announced far in advance of their anticipated release dates, which then seem to vanish into thin air. The word first ... Read full article.