Comment by likeabatterycar
7 days ago
> what do other folks think is a better candidate for the biggest flop [in tech] of the 1990s?
The CueCat.
7 days ago
> what do other folks think is a better candidate for the biggest flop [in tech] of the 1990s?
The CueCat.
What qualifies as being from the 90s? The CueCat was definitely underdevelopment in the 90s but wasn’t publicly released until 2000.
IBM's Workplace OS was a couple $Billion flop.
I'd also add Network Computers and "push technology" e.g. Pointcast.
It's a weirder sort of flop though.
But it was a flop.