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Cringely's 2006 Results, 2007 Predictions

Posted by Zonk on from the seer-of-seers-prognosticator-of-prognosticators dept.

Underpants writes "Bob Cringely posts the results of his 2006 predictions (only 69% successful, so Bob is sad). He also lists his calls for 2007; none are particularly shocking, but some are at least interesting. 2007 predictions from the article: '4) No one DRM technology emerges as the winner and the RIAA begins to back off as it loses a few legal cases. Still, no Internet-only song wins a Grammy or is even recognized as existing. 9) Zune 2.0 appears, isn't brown, but still nobody buys it. 10) The year the net crashed (in the USA). Video overwhelms the net and we all learn that the broadband ISPs have been selling us something they can't really deliver.'"

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  1. Question for 2007: by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will Vista be the Zune of operating systems?

    1. Re:Question for 2007: by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why? because it's brown or because it's expensive?

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    2. Re:Question for 2007: by divisionbyzero · · Score: 2, Funny

      "I don't think anyone is going to "buy" Vista."

      True, unless of course they are buying it to run under Boot Camp on a Mac. ;-)

  2. Re:A bit wrong... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's the UK, Bro. It's not real if it don't happen Stateside.

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  3. Re:Help for the RIAA by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't they (the RIAA) just lossy-encode and decode all songs before releasing them on CD?

    Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to just use a tin can on a string for a microphone?

    KFG

  4. Re:A bit wrong... by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't the UK the market where a Celphone ringtone hit the pop charts?

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    Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
  5. Re:umm 69%? by Oddscurity · · Score: 3, Funny

    Getting 69 may just have been wishful thinking on the editor's part?

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  6. Re:Tecos and cablecos raped our asses for decades by hitchhacker · · Score: 2, Funny

    15mB down 2mB up

    I wouldn't be bragging about 15 milliBytes a second...

    -metric