Roadkill

It’s becoming somewhat depressing to think about all the neat stuff some companies left by the roadside in their inability to deliver. Take the following examples:

• BeOS (Acquired by Palm in 2001, currently a zombie¹)
• The Foleo (Cancelled by Palm in 2004, before it was even launched)
• webOS (Acquired by HP in 2010, killed this week)
• Maemo (Ditched by Nokia in February this year after prolonged disease, survived by Meego to practically nil effect)
• The Playbook, which is effectively dead in the water right now.

I expect QNX to make the list yet, considering that RIM has been sitting on it for a good while now without any game-changing results.