In the just past September, Google celebrated its 10th anniversary foundation day in a simple but solemn way. In these ten years, Google has enjoyed an incomparable prosperity. Compared with Google's exuberance, many bygone giants can now only taste the plight of decline. Yahoo! is no longer what it used to be, Time Warner Online is disorganized, and Microsoft cannot make quick turns because of its own size... Perhaps, this is the best footnote of "the east bank for thirty years, then the west bank for thirty years".
When we turn our eyes to specific software products, we can also find that some bygone "stars" have now fallen into the situation of being yesterday's news. Now, let's review the ten "out-of-fashion" products which have been abandoned or are about to be abandoned by users in the last ten years.
1. Windows 98, rest in peace:
In 2008, Windows 98 also welcomed the tenth anniversary of its launch. On June 25, 1998, ten years ago, Windows 98 was officially released.