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Tech Companies That Won't Survive 2009
buzzardsbay writes "Fresh off their annual market survey, eWEEK channel folks have compiled the list of tech vendors their readers think will fail, falter, or be sold off in 2009. It's important to note that these aren't the opinions of the magazine or its editors. The list comes from folks who work in IT, mostly technology resellers, who are out in the field selling, installing and maintaining this stuff. If there were ever canaries in the tech coal mine, they'd be these service and solution providers who live and die by the slightest shift in the markets. Some of the companies on this list, like Sun and AMD, are shocking because of their size. Others, like CA and Symantec, not so surprising." What other companies are headed for implosion, or should be if all were right with the universe?
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We'll just release 2010 ahead of schedule.
Have gnu, will travel.
So THIS is where I find out I'm being downsized?
More music, fewer hits
If you believe the "Channel Insider" predictions, this is more a list of the companies that are highly unlikely to go out of business in 2009.
Summary of article:
"Our readers predicted these companies will fail. Our readers are idiots, all of these companies will be fine."
Pats.
"Pats?" I haven't heard of them ... are they like a team of sexually indeterminable players?
My work here is dung.
Sites that code cluelessly and need javascript and flash to display a simple list will die first (hopefully, I am not so sure). Topping the list is http://www.channelinsider.com/
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
0. SCO
SCO!
"When you have eliminated the unacceptable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truthiness" - Holmes
The Sun sets; it doesn't sink. You insensitive clod!
OK, here goes:
10)HP :D
9)eBay
8)Nintendo
7)Adobe
6)Red Hat
5)Amazom.com
4)IBM
3)Microsoft
2)Apple
1)Google
Besides the fact that I agree with you, I will explain the reason: flash make things pretty and the masses don't want information.
Fixed it for you.
From personal experience, Avast! is rubbish. It failed to find 8 viruses on my system.
If you have that many viruses on your system, I think that scrapping the whole thing and buying a new hard drive is the only solution for you. ...it's the only way to be sure.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
I note that SCO is not on that list ... it's like a cockroach, it'll survive nuclear holocaust.
Anything you can do, Mac can do better. Mac can do anything better than you.
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What is with the infinite
What is with the infinite refresh?
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Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
It can "look and feel" better....
Don't blame an innocent computer for the failure of it's operator.
Scrap the operator, and give the computer to someone who can properly care for it.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
No it can't.
4) McAfee (let's hope so!)
Horrible products for years. Illicit money has been propping this company up for years.
This one is highly unlikely. The federal government recently spent a ton of money on McAfee's host-based security solutions. If they were smart, however, they might consider ditching their consumer-level stuff (it's crap...not saying the enterprise stuff is a lot better, but well....)
Like I said...illicit money. ;)
Bearded Dragon
Yes it can!
Now there would be the ultimate in scary zombie companies of they would ever merge.