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On 07-Jan-15 10:28, Björn Lundin wrote:
> You are building vapor-ware.

You know... it's actually been done before.

R1000 Wikipeda entry
  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R1000
R1000 page of a danish museum
  -- http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/Rational/R1000s400
Evaluation of the Rational Environment
  -- http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/88tr015.cfm
"Reminiscing about an old computer system"
  -- 
http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/category/geek/software-development/rat1000/

So given that there's actual hardware, software, and that there were 
actual apparently-professional users I think that "vapor-ware" is an 
ill-fitting name.