TAG | Vista voted tech world's biggest fiasco |
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| by Sam Varghese | |
| Monday, 02 March 2009 | |
  
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Other contenders were Google's Lively virtual world, Nicholas Negroponte's XO laptop, and Second Life. According to the organisers, the Fiasco Awards are an initiative of a group of people linked to the ICT sector which wants to reward the best non-successful projects in the area. "The award wants to promote critical spirit and a positive attitude towards failure, which is a necessary stage in the road to success." There were 23 nominations and nine finalists were chosen: chosen nine finalists: Google Lively; Windows Vista; Second life; Autonomix, the Free Software packs distributed by Public Administrations; Maresme Digital; Mobuzz.tv; DAB, the digital radio; and SAGA, the Administration and Academic Management System of the Catalan Government, and the XO laptop of the One Laptop Per Child project. Given that Steven Sinofsky, senior vice-president for Microsoft Windows and Windows live engineering group, has admitted publicly that Windows 7 has more than 2000 bugs, the company may well have a likely winner around when the 2010 Fiasco Awardsare held. |
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