On: Microsoft cancels the Courier, the Internet sheds a tear

[marknutter]

If consistently releasing great products to generate hype about future products is "metamarketing", then yes, Apple is all about marketing.

[jrockway → marknutter]

People just forget about Apple's failed products. Rev. A anything, the iPod HiFi, etc.

[sambeau → jrockway]

There is a fundamental difference between a shipping product that doesn't meet its sales targets and gets canned and a leaked video of a non-existent product that gets canned before production.

[sambeau → jrockway]

Apple's failed products are more notable because of two facts: * they release very small number of products * there have only had a small number of failed products