Time's top ten tech failures of the last decade

[Caliga]

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898610_1898625_1898627,00.html

I don't know that these are in any particular order, but I listed them in the order they've been presented in:

Windows Vista
Gateway (PC company)
HD-DVD
Vonage
YouTube
Sirius XM
Microsoft Zune
Palm
Iridium (sat phone)
Segway

I dunno about this list.... some of them are obviously total failures (Zune), but others were once successful and just declined quite a bit (Palm, Gateway).

Any time I see Segway though, I just have to laugh my ass off.  Obviously the product of a hippy liberal think-tank not remotely grounded in reality. 

Discuss.

[Berkut]

Youtube is a failure?

[Caliga]

Youtube is a failure?

I was surprised by that, but in reading the article the reason given is that it has failed to find a way to make money.... by that logic, I would think Facebook should be listed as well (maybe it's "too new" for inclusion, though).

[Viking]

This isn't a list of the top ten tech failures (though some do belong) but rather tech business project failures.

[Caliga]

This isn't a list of the top ten tech failures (though some do belong) but rather tech business project failures.

Yes, good point.

[Ed Anger]

Any time I see Segway though, I just have to laugh my ass off.  Obviously the product of a hippy liberal think-tank not remotely grounded in reality. 

Discuss.

I must admit, going between buildings on one of those things can be a hoot. That, and Segway jousting.

[Caliga]

I must admit, going between buildings on one of those things can be a hoot. That, and Segway jousting.

What's hilarious to me is not the Segway itself (although it looks fucking ridiculous IMO), but all the hype about how it "was the most significant invention since the automobile", how it would "change civilization as we know it", and so forth.  Once it debuted and it was clear that it was nothing more than a motorized 'gyro-stabilized' scooter and that it cost like $5K, I LOLed.

[Darth Wagtaros]

They had segway tours in San Fran.  Made even a nerd like me cringe in sympathetic horror to see these tools on Segways and bike helmets with arm and knee pads racing (slowly) around the Wharf.

[The Minsky Moment]

Youtube is a failure?

I was surprised by that, but in reading the article the reason given is that it has failed to find a way to make money.... by that logic, I would think Facebook should be listed as well (maybe it's "too new" for inclusion, though).

youtube is barely 4 years old; it is still too early to tell as well I think.

[Caliga]

*shrug* Guess so.  Never in a million years would I invest in a concern that takes four years to figure out a business model that generates reliable revenue.

[saskganesh]

vonage? as a consumer, it rocks.

I would add BlueRay.

[Caliga]

vonage? as a consumer, it rocks.

I would add BlueRay.

Actually, I have Vonage too.  It's been fine, aside from the faulty AC adapter that came with the VoIP unit... it blew out after about two years.  But Vonage replaced it for free (and rushed it via UPS).

[Valmy]

I would add BlueRay.

Um...aren't they the only option for HD videos?

[saskganesh]

Vonage  has good customer service, I might add. they went over and above when I had to call them.

[saskganesh]

I would add BlueRay.

Um...aren't they the only option for HD videos?

are they? I wouldn't know. I just see the planned obsolesence of the DVD industry.
I think HD is overrated -- except for live sports.