TIME magazine Lists the Segway as "Top Ten worst Tech failures..."

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TIME magazine Lists the Segway as "Top Ten worst Tech failures..."

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15-05-2009, 15:31

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Re: TIME magazine Lists the Segway as "Top Ten worst Tech failures..."

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Originally Posted by hillale

At one point in time, this list would have included the Edsel. It seems to be a list of technologies that are floundering on a different front than that of development, be it sales or advertising.

I think most people are misinterpreting the title of the article. The article isn't about technological failures as much as it is about tech PRODUCTS that have failed in a business sense.

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