Wired News: Best and Worst Punditry of 2005 | Linux Today

Wired News: Best and Worst Punditry of 2005

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 28, 2005

“Accurate predictions are not unprecedented in the world of
technology punditry.

“In years past, a broad cross-section of industry insiders
correctly forecast such occurrences as the collapse of the dot-com
bubble and the court-ordered closure of Napster. Other futuristic
insights (including ones made by this author about such topics as
why the 2000 AOL-Time Warner merger made sense) look laughable in
retrospect…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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