TIME: The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Decade

1. Microsoft Vista

As the world's largest software company, Microsoft released Vista globally on January 30, 2007. This is Microsoft's latest flagship product at that time. Microsoft originally hoped to enhance the security of Windows through Vista, which is the most widely used operating system in the world. However, from many reviews, Vista's security features are not much higher than previous products. Moreover, many older personal computers cannot be well compatible with Vista, which greatly limits the number of Vista users. These factors have led to Vista being unable to surpass its predecessor. According to data from market research company Net Applications, last month, Vista's global share was less than 24%, while XP's share was as high as 62%, and Apple OS X's share was 9%. At the launch of Vista, PC Magazine once said: It's nice to have Vista, but it's not a necessary product. Microsoft recently announced that the company has experienced revenue decline for the first time in 23 years. And Fortune magazine website wrote: "Since its release in early 2007, Vista has never taken off as Microsoft hoped. In the last quarter, Vista sales fell by 16%. Customer satisfaction is also unsatisfactory, and most IT departments of enterprises choose to continue using XP." Currently, Microsoft is accelerating the launch of the successor to Vista, Windows 7, which is expected to be officially released by the end of this year.

2. Gateway

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