Pointcast closes up shop
from the Who-cares dept
If you are still using Pointcast you should be embarrassed to begin with, but as of this week the party is officially over. No more broadcasts from this useless application.
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The next big thing
Now, the term "push" is passe. Your company is out-of-date if you are using it. The solutions that were called "push" at one time are now called something else. They're still in use, but calling them "push" is the marketing equivalent of wearing acid-washed jeans.
I have to wonder if, in five years, we'll be reading similar stories about today's hot buzzword-compliant companies. Will we all be sitting around snickering, "Hey, remember that whole broadband wireless business-to-business e-commerce craze?"
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WHY?
Good idea.....sorta worked, 'ticker's are still around.....yahoo/aim.....
[side note.....why is not aim comptable w/ ICQ?]
anyways...
like all whacked technologies.......they die.
Can you say 'ISDN'?
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