What is success?
Time Magazine recently compiled a list of "The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade." Some of the items on the list are pretty obvious, such as the 2 famous products from Microsoft: Vista and Zune. But, surprisingly, one unexpected candidate made it to the list.
YouTube? Is it not really popular? Let's read the explanation of of the editor:
How would you define success?
原文出自 www.time.com
- Microsoft Vista
- Gateway
- HD DVD
- Vonage
- YouTube
- Sirius XM
- Microsoft Zune
- Palm
- Iridium
- Segway
YouTube? Is it not really popular? Let's read the explanation of of the editor:
There is a fairly good chance that the search company will never get a return on that investment. YouTube has not come up with a model to make money by either selling advertising or charging for premium content, even though it has an a enormous audience and library of content. [...] The New York Times recently wrote that "while YouTube, along with other new media properties like MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, is seen as leading the challenge against traditional media companies, the company itself is struggling to profit from its digital popularity." YouTube is big, but that has not made it a success.
How would you define success?
原文出自 www.time.com
Labels: Reflection
"YouTube is big, but that has not made it a success."
Just how many of us megachurch wannabe need to hear this.
Posted by
Edmund |
May 16, 2009 6:57 PM
sigh, those of us who're small isn't any better...
Posted by
Alan Yu |
May 17, 2009 3:21 PM