[teilo]

Quibbles:

First off, I wouldn't exactly say that Netscape lost, given that it is the grandfather of Firefox. Yet, of course, Firefox is still in 2nd place...

Atari - Come on, guys. Atari ruled that genera throughout the entire first wave of game consoles. When Atari died, so did the entire game console market, not to be revived until the NES.

Everquest - Totally not true. They ruled the genera, again, for a long long time.

Palm - Same thing. When they were hot, they were hot, and it took a long time for Windows Mobile to unseat them.

Technology goes through seasons. In that regard, NO first-to-market technologies ever "wins" forever.

[netcan]

Palm ruled while the market was a marginal market with huge future potential. Now that handhelds are an everybody product & a huge market, palm is marginal.