[melling]

Microsoft did invent the term vaporware and they've been using it to their advantage for decades:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware

[kemiller]

I suspect it doesn't work as well when you're a marginal player (as they are in mobile today) as when you're the 800-lb gorilla.

Edit: I suppose this is a case of them trying to pull the conversation back to the place where they ARE an 800-lb gorilla. I just don't see them as being as dominant even on the desktop as they once were.