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He's been infuriatingly wrong in every article of his I've ever read, but holy shit! He was an icon. 36 years and they "fire" him via e-mail!? Despicable.
by teovall 8y ago
He's been infuriatingly wrong in every article of his I've ever read, but holy shit! He was an icon. 36 years and they "fire" him via e-mail!? Despicable.
- bredren 8y agoI read this guy back in the 90s. I think he put down mp3s. I think I emailed him and told him he was on the wrong side of that.
- Steko 8y agoDvorak's greatest hits: "nobody wants a mouse", "Steve Jobs going the way of pet rocks", "cable modems are a dead end", "the mac is dead", "ipod is a niche product", "wikipedia is a dead end", "podcasting is a dead end", "linux is a dead end", "time to short apple", "the iphone's a flop", "ipad's a flop", "apple watch's a flop", etc.
- acomjean 8y agoWhen I used to listen to the TWIT podcast (its been years..), I liked Dvorak's cynical perspective vs the love everything new and tech of the other hosts. He was cranky. I give him bonus points for remembering lotus's Jazz software in the podcast (and calling it out for its problems when it came out). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Jazz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Jazz
- SquareWheel 8y agoYes nearly 40 years of predictions will offer plenty of fuel if you're looking to burn someone.
- utopcell 8y agoSome examples of what he got right then ?
- SquareWheel 8y agoI don't read PC Mag, and don't care to review so much material. Considering his long career and fame though I consider it uncharitable to assume he's made no right calls in that time.
- rundell1x 8y agoHe said people would still be using napkins in the year 2000
- coldtea 8y agoI LOLed.
- interfixus 8y agoOne of my fondest personal memories is "printers and photocopiers use fundamentally different print technologies and will therefore never be integrated in one machine". Does not in any way whatsoever justify the asshat fashion of the firing.
- rasz 8y agoor that time he couldnt put back together idiot proof IBM PS/2 desktop.
- eksemplar 8y agoI’m curious, but what has he been right about? It didn’t say much on his Wikipedia article.
- cuboidGoat 8y agoFrom a Bayesian perspective, he seems like an excellent source of predictive information, when appropriately weighted.
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- vixen99 8y agoWhat an epic collection! Isn't this output from one person something of a record?
- user5994461 8y agoWhat's wrong with these? It looks like the average click bait title to me.
- vntok 8y agoWell they are all demonstrably wrong, that's what's kind of peculiar with this guy's production.
- abcarlson 8y agoPerhaps The Economist will hire him.
- Hamuko 8y agoApple Watch isn't a flop?
- Steko 8y agoYou could call the discontinued "edition" line (gold/ceramic) a flop but on the whole it seems fairly successful by watch/smartwatch standards if not by iphone standards.
- humantiy 8y agoIf you look at some of those, he was right if you extend the timeline out. "nobody wants a mouse" - True in the days of touch screens. "the mac is dead" - Becoming true as they continue with the hardware choices for their pro lines and iOS'ification of the MacOS. "ipod is a niche product" - It is now for those who just want a music player and not a phone. "apple watch's a flop" - That was true when it came out. Apple was expecting it to be far larger than it was. Its now starting to gain traction, but don't see it growing to the number users who have iphones. It might be better to say he was ahead of the curve on many of his statements.