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Originally Posted by murg
In software terms 'relatively soon' means in the next year. 'Soon' means in the next few months. 'We're releasing it next week' means that it will be released in about a month's time. 'In the foreseeable future' means that we haven't even started on it, but our competition is releasing something 'real soon now'.
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Or, as Bernard said in the BBC series "Yes, Minister":
"'Under consideration' means we've lost the file. 'Under active consideration' means we're looking for it".