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by andsoitis 155 days ago
> few companies will continue to dominate with vaporware.

that makes no sense. "Dominate" implies people use or buy you software. If you produce nothing ("vaporware") how can you dominate?

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Most modern software is horrible. Linux is objectively better than Windows and cheaper but it has much smaller market share. Same story with OracleDB vs PostgresDB. Developers recently identified a critical vulnerability in MongoDB that had been there for 10 years, yet RethinkDB, a superior product was shut down (at least the company) because they couldn't find enough customers. There are so many such cases.

They're vaporware in relation to what else is available.