101 Dumbest Moments In Business

hhutkin writes "It's that time again. Business 2.0 posted their 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. Of course, they lambast Enron, but they also slam Ginger, a laptop computer made for the steering wheel of your car, Steve Ballmer dancing, and some other really dumb stuff from the past year."

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Biggest famous mistake=Osborne's Interview 60 Min

[Anonymous Coward]

Biggest famous mistake=Osborne's Interview 60 Minutes.

Mr Osborne is a multimillionaire with his portable computer (pre Compaq competition) and his Osborne 1 is famous, though not too high tech).

60 minutes asks him if he is rich enough and if Osborne 1 is good enough.

Osborne foolishly boasts " THE OSBORNE 1 is NOTHING COMPARED TO HOW GREATE THE OSBORNE TWO WILL BE!!!!!!!"

That boasts puts him out of business the next month practically.

Its is now called the Osborne syndrome.

Apple computer avoids this mistake.

Do you see the mistake?

Not one customer wanted to ever buy an Osborne 1... they all waited for an Osborne 2 that could never ship because the inventory was killing the company in unsold computers with no buyers.

One foolish public boast about new model.

Its one of histories top 100 mistakes, and its a silicon valley top 10 mistake.

If its not in the list then the list is not authoritative complete or correct.

They should consult this slashdot thread and read at "level 0".

people never moderate anymore.

Re:I guess I've been living in a cave

[refactored]

A system for creating news worthy events.

It selects for "blood pumping action" by sending adrenaline junkies to dance with publicity junkies.

Both sides of the equation firmly believe in the maxim "_Anything_ for a good story."

Re:Biggest famous mistake=Osborne's Interview 60 M

[klieber]

If its not in the list then the list is not authoritative complete or correct.

The list focused on the top 101 business mistakes of last year.

people never moderate anymore.

Yeah, and they never read the articles, either.

Apple killing of MacOS for OS X!

[Spencerian]

This is such a troll that I almost ran into the bridge it hid on.

I won't even go into picking apart your rant. Your lack of power of the English language says it all.

Research your facts before you waste space. Whether Apple is wrong or not, no one is ever in the mood to listen to what seems to be a village idiot, talking much but saying little of factual consequence.