[chrisseaton]

If you are wondering why people seem a bit offended by your comment, it's because calling something vapourware has an implication almost of dishonesty or a con.

Crystal is real software that you can use today and build yourself and modify. It's doesn't make sense to accuse it of being vapourware.

[aisofteng]

I've always taken "vaporware" to refer to abandoned software.

[grzm]

This makes sense if you mean abandoned before release.

> "In the computer industry, vaporware (Brit. vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware

Ha! It's even made it into Merriam-Webster's!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaporware

> "a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available"