The Magic 8-Ball's Take on Tech in 2008

PCWMike writes "It's that time of year again, when every website makes predictions about the future of technology. PCWorld is no exception, but tried to put a little humor into their prognostication by calling on a neutral third party: the magic 8-ball. '4. Open Software and Open Networks Will Dominate! Magic 8-Ball says: Ask again later. Open-source software meets open wireless networks, fostering an unbridled era of innovation and consumer freedom. Right? Well, maybe one day, but don't bet the bank on it in 2008.'"

8. Google Stumbles...

[secretwhistle]

and kicks Microsoft on the way down...

Re:The predictions

[i_liek_turtles]

11. CEOs will throw more chairs. Outlook not --

Outlook - good or not ?

[Fredge]

One minute the magic 8 ball is saying 'Outlook Good' and the next minute it's saying 'Outlook Not So Good'.

Is it really that tough to pick an email client?

PCWorld

[Frozen Void]

Stepping so low,and slashdot parroting it.
Next up in news : How many licks it takes to get to the center of 9-volt battery and tic-tac-toe championship results.

11: Microsoft continues to flog the dead horse

[RotateLeftByte]

That is vista

12: Microsoft continues to promote their 'Surface' technology http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7174333.stm [bbc.co.uk] as the be-all and end all of input systems

13: Gates resumes daily role in Microsoft, fires Balmer and then starts throwing chairs out of the Window as he struggles to use the latest beta of VS 2010 shouting, "I know how to frigging program
  you useless heap of sh1t" as the 'help' system tries to tell him that 'goto' is not allowed.

annual magic 8-ball

[nut]

we should do this every year

SCO

[apodyopsis]

well that's great! What does the Magic 8 Ball say about SCO?

..outlook not so good?



(also why does it have such a problem with Outlook? ok, I'm no MS fan boy but Outlook at least works. sheesh, next thing you know somebody will claim the 8 ball runs Linux.)

Re:SCO

[pklong]

No, the article writer was just checking his email whilst shaking the 8-ball and it got a bit confused.

Re:PCWorld

[SharpFang]

Tic-tac-toe Championship Results: Global Thermonuclear War Prevented!

Re:But which Good science fiction?

[Broken Toys]

If you like speculative fiction, Bill Gates wrote a book about an alternative universe where the Internet never happened.