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Talk:List of miscellaneous commercial failures
is this really [[NPOV]]?
:More to the point, is it ''at all'' quantifiable?  How do you compare how much of a flop something is?  Also, why make it so colloquial?  How about [[list of product failures]]?  (and don't forget [[Nerds cereal]].  ;-)  Cheers, [[User:Koyaanis Qatsi|--KQ]] 00:06 Sep 9, 2002 (UTC)

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I structured this so its more like an article than a list.  I also had some disagreements about the Titanic and Beos, for reasons I will explain.

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update technology = new hardware, new software
change advertising = new market target
nothing more to say.
Mac = Lisa + lesson from experience and more work
Remember we should talk about <b>major</b> flops.

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Thousands of Lisas were physically destroyed so they could be used as a tax writeoff.  That's at least a "big flop".  I suppose "major" flop would be if it put the company in dire straits, like I've heard the Apple III did.  Really, any Apple Macintosh could be considered at least a "flop" (not Major) from the gauge that it was always intended to be a "computer for the masses".  It's always been "niche".

--alan d