Wired: Vaporware '99: The 'Winners' | Linux Today

Wired: Vaporware ’99: The ‘Winners’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 3, 2000

The last year of the last decade before 2000 has come and
gone, but the Vaporware 1999 “winners” are still a dream to some,
and a nightmare to others.

“Thanks to your enthusiastic email contributions, we’ve compiled
the Bottom 10 list of products that, despite much hype and many
promises, have not yet come to pass….”

“3. Netscape’s Communicator 5.0: Netscape’s Communicator 5.0,
a.k.a. Mozilla, which was supposed to speed up surfing, didn’t
garner the most votes, but it definitely aroused the strongest
passions….”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.