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This is probably off topic, but are there any well-known cases of a product labeled "$name killer" having actually become a success? Many (unsuccessful) iPod ki
by d_r 16y ago
This is probably off topic, but are there any well-known cases of a product labeled "$name killer" having actually become a success? Many (unsuccessful) iPod killers, iPhone killers, and Google killers, to name a few, come to mind from recent years.
- pavlov 16y agoBoth Windows NT and Windows 95 were tagged as "OS/2 killer", and that slaughter-job couldn't have turned out better. Of course it helps to be the original creator of the product that you set out to kill... (In this sense, the iPad could deservedly be called the "Mac killer".)
- FluidDjango 16y agoOf course it's always easier to kill off something that has its own built-in self-destructive weaknesses.
- tzs 16y agoOS/2 was killed by IBM's refusal to market it, the requirement for developers to jump through painful hoops just to get permission to be considered for developer status, and their total disdain for those developers who did manage to get product out.