Re: [NTLK] Yet another article about failed technologies

On 23-Jul-08, at 1:01 AM, Ed Kummel wrote:

>
> But with a twist!
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2325943,00.asp
>
> Ed

Some interesting "failures" on the list

I found this humorous :

But 1996 technology wasn't ready for this idea; the Pippin was
expensive and slow, and people didn't really understand what it was
for. It took Microsoft to succeed with the first truly PC-based, Net-
connected game console, the Xbox, in 2001.

If you define "succeed" as "lost several billion dollars" then the
xbox has succeeded

Makes me wonder what the Wii is then since it has outsold both the
Xbox and PS/3. A massive failure ?

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