Saturday, April 7, 2007
21 Biggest Technology Flops
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 04:00 PM
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012345
ComputerWorld has put together a list of the top technological flops that actually made it to market, so vaporware like Apple's Copeland or Microsoft's Cairo aren't listed. Sad to see the ebook listed, but the publishers have no one to blame but themselves. Unlike the music industry, which was widely established with easy to use digital formats easily transportable across a wide variety of platforms and mostly interchangeable formats, which despite the RIAA's best efforts still hasn't managed to totally screw up, ebooks are a fledgling technology and ebook publishers have almost accomplished what the RIAA obviously wants to do - totally kill their digital market.
I still keep eReader on my Pocket PC and buy a few books a year on it, but my interest has waned as so many of the books I want to read are in different formats or not available electronically at all. :evil:
So, what flop comes to your mind that may not be on that list? Sony BetaMax anyone? :wink: They problaby would have listed it but they felt guilty about already listing 2 other Sony products on that page. :lol: Have I ever told you I despise Sony? Come, sit and have a cup of coffee while I share my disdain... :twisted:
ComputerWorld has put together a list of the top technological flops that actually made it to market, so vaporware like Apple's Copeland or Microsoft's Cairo aren't listed. Sad to see the ebook listed, but the publishers have no one to blame but themselves. Unlike the music industry, which was widely established with easy to use digital formats easily transportable across a wide variety of platforms and mostly interchangeable formats, which despite the RIAA's best efforts still hasn't managed to totally screw up, ebooks are a fledgling technology and ebook publishers have almost accomplished what the RIAA obviously wants to do - totally kill their digital market.
I still keep eReader on my Pocket PC and buy a few books a year on it, but my interest has waned as so many of the books I want to read are in different formats or not available electronically at all. :evil:
So, what flop comes to your mind that may not be on that list? Sony BetaMax anyone? :wink: They problaby would have listed it but they felt guilty about already listing 2 other Sony products on that page. :lol: Have I ever told you I despise Sony? Come, sit and have a cup of coffee while I share my disdain... :twisted:
