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TEC159: What are the biggest software and hardware flops? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Victor Morton discuss their choices for the dubious award and note how often the flops were just ahead of their time and showed up as successful products later in a different form.

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• The Biggest Software Flops of All Time | PCMag
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• Fr. Joseph: Pinecil | PINE64
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