The Biggest Tech Mishap of 2013?

Posted by Unknown on Monday December 30, 2013 @08:09PM from the anything-involving-a-marketing-department dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Some high-profile tech initiatives really crashed-and-burned this year. Did BlackBerry executives really think that BlackBerry 10 would spark a miraculous turnaround, or were they simply going through the motions of promoting it? That's the key question as BlackBerry 10 devices fail to sell. Then there's Facebook's misbegotten attempt at 'skinning' the Android OS with its Home app. Or maybe Healthcare.gov counts as 2013's biggest debacle, with its repeated crashes and glitches and inability to carry out core functions. What do you think was the biggest software or hardware (or both) mishap of the past twelve months?"

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Snowden by supersat · 2013-12-30 20:25 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm pretty sure it was hiring Edward Snowden as your SharePoint admin.
Obligatory by dubdays · 2013-12-30 20:27 · Score: 5, Funny

The year of the Linux desktop. But, dammit, 2014 is DEFINITELY going to be THE year!!!
Re:Slash!dot Beta by chromas · 2013-12-30 21:02 · Score: 5, Funny

That's a good Python script you got there. Unfortunately, Slashdot is written in Perl.