Thought this was a rather interesting article because it brought back some good and funny memories of technology fads gone by (who could forget the pets.com sock puppet, the Apple Newton...and from the comments section: Y2K bug), but also because it did a good job reflecting on and dissecting the reasons for why these technologies failed to live up to the hype around them. In many cases it came down to poor design, but for each ill-concieved or poorly developed product there was an equal number that suffered from poor timing or inadequate marketing.
Without further ado - here's to the 21 biggest technology flops! From Computerworld: Don't Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology Flops
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