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In corporate reality there is no difference between "not currently" and "abandoned forever". Neither has any positive nor negative connotation since most companies will reserve the right to change position (any position) at any time they deem necessary.

The Virtual Table is now widely accepted as vapour-ware envisioned for marketing purposes with no real software or release intended by Wizards of the Coast. Whether this is a fair assumption or not is irrelevant as the facts remain that it was used as a marketing gimmick, it was widely advertised as being available at launch and is now abandoned.

The real cave-eat is that Wizards of the Coast was on their way to revolutionizing the roleplaying community with developer-instigated and designed tools to closely work with their own product. Coupled with a series of very high quality .PDF releases of their major books and what seemed like a genuine intention for innovation I think many came back to the once proud world of D&D gaming.

TSR was back in the day known for releasing too much with too little content and not having an idea of where they were really going along with poor management of their many franchises. This lack of focus and messages that could not always be trusted was the greatest part of why (A)D&D got thrown out of the clubs we ran. I am no longer the manager of any roleplaying clubs but I know that several of the old gamers were excited at the prospects Wizards of the Coast came up with and even my own gaming circle took up the nostalgic title. Sadly this turned out to be a poor idea since all the elements that originally was promised, mainly the Virtual Table Top and the brilliant .PDFs have now been abandoned until further notice.

It's a shame because there was potential and the idea is sound. Here's hoping another developer picks up the torch to shine the way for the modern roleplaying consumer because Wizards have fumbled.