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21 Biggest Technology Flops (so far)

Microsoft Bob topped the charts as the biggest tech flop according to Computerworld’s readers.

For Computerworld readers, no other product or technology comes close to Microsoft Bob for sheer floppiness. The second place pick, dot-bombs, received 1,000 fewer votes than Bob.

The top-5 looked like this:

• 1st place: Microsoft Bob, with 4,924 votes (16% of the total)
• 2nd place: Dot-bombs, 3,870 votes (12%)
• 3rd place: The paperless office, 2,828 votes (9%)
• 4th place: DIVX {the player, not the codec — ed.}, 2,704 votes (8%)
• 5th place: Iridium, 2,615 votes (8%)

If you’d like a trip down memory lane or a harbinger of the future (because history tends to repeat itself), check out this article.

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