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Possible, but it's a usual Microsoft tactics to announce a product years in advance and never deliver (vamporware).

• chadzawistowski 11y ago
  That did happen back in the 90s, yes. What's the tactical strategy behind Astoria being vaporware?
  • pavlov 11y ago
    It's not vaporware. It's been available in a semi-closed beta for months to 3rd parties and works pretty well.
    • frik 11y ago
      Like WinFS. Vaporware means a lot of PR for a product that was never shipped in the end. Microsoft's strategy since it's early days is based on vaporware, even Windows 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware