Tech Companies That Won't Survive 2009

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 12, 2009 @06:30AM from the in-a-blaze-of-glory dept.

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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Comment removed by account_deleted · 2009-01-12 06:33 · Score: 5, Funny

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No problem by PPH · 2009-01-12 06:36 · Score: 5, Funny

We'll just release 2010 ahead of schedule.

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Re:The list by eln · 2009-01-12 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny

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."
Re:The list by lekker+biltong · 2009-01-12 06:51 · Score: 5, Funny

0. SCO
And if we're really lucky.... by david_thornley · 2009-01-12 06:52 · Score: 5, Funny

SCO!

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*My* Predictions by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-12 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny

OK, here goes:
10)HP
9)eBay
8)Nintendo
7)Adobe
6)Red Hat
5)Amazom.com
4)IBM
3)Microsoft
2)Apple
1)Google :D