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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 2 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.465s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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gmuslera ◴[11 Oct 25 22:48 UTC] No.45553332[source]▶
Maemo/Meego. I know there is Sailfish still around, but things would had been very different today if Nokia had put all its weight on it back then.
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1. ajot ◴[11 Oct 25 23:48 UTC] No.45553806[source]▶
They should have partnered not only with Intel, but with Palm, RIM or whatever other then-giant to rival Android. Those two went their own ways with WebOS and buying QNX, so maybe they could have agreed to form a consortium for an open and interoperable mobile OS
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2. estebarb ◴[12 Oct 25 15:54 UTC] No.45559137[source]▶
WebOS died in HP, after they bought Palm. I'm genuinely impressed at HP: somehow they always have the future in their hands... and kill it.