Overhyped Innovations (was Re: OS's In ROM's (was: Re: Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes..

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Sat Jun 27 02:11:12 1998

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:

> Yes, and bubbles rival floppies for speed. There's a _reason_ why
> that innovation didn't catch on.

I think cost had something to do with it, too.

BTW, I enjoy collecting over-hyped innovations that never quite caught on
in the way they were supposed to: Bubbles. Pen-based computers. Touch
screens. Wireless networks. Bob. MSX. Robots. AI. Home automation.
The Z8000. The iAPX432. Parallel processing. Voice recognition.

What did I miss?

-- Doug
Received on Sat Jun 27 1998 - 02:11:12 BST