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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: 0.404s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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jmclnx ◴[12 Oct 25 01:07 UTC] No.45554204[source]▶
Fro me, DESQview. Microsoft tried to buy it in order to use its tech in their windows system. I wonder how things would be today if they were able to purchase it. But DESQview said "no".

Instead it went into a slow death spiral due to Windows 95.

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1. chipx86 ◴[12 Oct 25 06:41 UTC] No.45555850[source]▶
Love seeing this one. My uncle was co-founder of Quarterdeck, and I grew up in a world of DESQview and QEMM. It was a big influence on me as a child.

Got a good family story about that whole acquisition attempt, but I don't want to speak publicly on behalf of my uncle. I know we've talked at length about the what-ifs of that moment.

I do have a scattering of some neat Quarterdeck memorabilia I can share, though:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0ca1omn2kwda9op5go34e/ACpO6bz...

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2. abdulhaq ◴[12 Oct 25 10:06 UTC] No.45556942[source]▶
I loved the Quarterdeck stuff especially Desqview