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Default [TechRepublic] The 10 biggest failures in IT history

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We’ve debated the highlights of IT history. Now it’s time to consider a few good ideas that went wrong - or that may have been ill-advised to begin with.
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Not really, but there are MUCH larger IT failures than what he listed.. ever hear of Itanium?
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Fail list because of Windows Vista at number 1.
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5: Y2K

I can’t resist including this one. The entire world was supposed to cave under the pressure this little bug promised, wasn’t it? I even read plenty of sci-fi books based on that premise. But nothing happened. Banks didn’t lose all of your money, the world’s security didn’t fall to pieces, and all IT professionals woke up the next morning collectively saying, “Was that it?”
Total crap, there wasn't an IT professional in the world that wasn't working his butt off for months upon months, hour after hour of overtime trying to fix this thing, and guess what, they DID! That's why nothing happened, Y2K is one of IT's biggest SUCCESSES!
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Come on, Vista was horrible at launch, and it's the reason people are trying so hard to convince everyone that Windows 7 is good. It deserves to be on the list. Maybe not #1, and maybe not in a top-ten list, but it had to really work hard to earn it's current good name.
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Man, whoever wrote that article is...
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I'll tell you what a big failure is. It's the author of this article.
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a couple "Wasn't a complete flop" are stated in these...


No. There are plenty of more failures that were flops... good going.
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Hmmmm...

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Jack Wallen was a key player in the introduction of Linux to the original TechRepublic. Beginning with Red Hat 4.2 and a mighty soap box, Jack had found his escape from Windows. It was around Red Hat 6.0 that Jack landed in the hallowed halls of TechRepublic.
Oh, that's why!
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