John C. Dvorak, Genius
/John C. Dvorak trying to explain why he was so wrong about the iPhone back in 2007:
Since I’ve written over 4,500 articles over the last 30 years I would hope that people look at the track record. I blew it about six times in a major way like this. I do not consider that bad.
Obviously Dvorak is more wrong about some companies than others. Here's some highlights from an article written by Mr. Dvorak on February 19, 1984:
There are some good reasons that the [Macintosh] may not become the raving success hoped for by Apple.
The items on the list? Among others are Icons, Fonts, and the Mouse. Another complaint by Dvorak? Stop me if you've heard it:
The machine has no slots for expansion and it therefore restricted in versatility.
Lack of expansion has been Apple's bane. Lead to the death of the iMac, iBook (MacBook), PowerBook (MacBook Pro), MacBook Air, iPod, iPhone and iPad.