12-30-2005, 08:41 AM
Quote:We're guilty of hype.
But so is everyone else who writes about technology. Most of us gravitate to writing about tech because we think it's cool. So we're starry-eyed, hoping that the shiny new technology that's unwrapped for us by the PR departments of tech companies really will be the next killer product. We're dreamers, but we gravitate from one shiny bauble of a dream to the next one, rarely looking back to see which baubles become treasures and what morphs into dross...
full article: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,16...392,00.asp
Failed tech trends discussed include: High-Definition Video on the PC, High Fidelity Digital Audio, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, High Definition Optical Drives, Copy Protection for Music CDs, and more.