Yes, I'd much prefer if journalists would switch from using "X is dead" to "X is dying". Dying is a much better analogy than dead. Dead things don't do anythin

Yes, I'd much prefer if journalists would switch from using "X is dead" to "X is dying". Dying is a much better analogy than dead. Dead things don't do anything. Dying things might die quickly (cassettes) or they might die slowly (typewriters). They might die quietly (independent bookstores) or they might lash out and take as many with them as they can (Hollywood). They might be put out their misery by their owner (Flash), remain on life support (Yahoo), experience a miraculous recovery (IBM), or rise like a Phoenix from the ashes (Mozilla).