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10 Failed Technology Trends of 2005

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nice-tries dept.

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech's Loyd Case muses on ten trends of 2005 that never panned out. He points the finger at analysts like himself for waxing glowy-eyed at technologies like the BTX form factor and the 64-bit version of Windows XP. On DRM and the Sony rootkit fiasco: 'Hint to the music publishers: It's not going to work. There have been easy workarounds to every system that's been tried, and the more stringent the copy protection, the greater the risk of having angry customers who won't buy CDs. I suggest you start investigating new business models, as the old ones ride off into the sunset.'"

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  1. Re:Why rag on Gmail? by drsquare · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Something as simple as email not getting out of beta in years despite millions of beta testers and legions of overpaid PHDs working on it? That counts as a failure in my book.

  2. Re:FLAC has its uses by h3llfish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Try something with cymbals.

    Cymbals, eh? Holy smokes, I never would have thought of that. It's pretty hard to find any popular music that features them, but I'll make a special point of it. I don't mean to be snotty (oh wait, yes I did), but that's pretty obvious.

    I think YOU should try cymbals, when you conduct your blind A/B test. Did you do the test? Until you do, I gotta lump you in with the people who buy 200 dollar power cables for their 10,000 dollar power amps. Congratulations on being a "connoisseur".