Netwon lead to the iPod, iPhone & iPad. It's OS was the predecessor to iOS. From wikiepedia: "Newton platform started in 1987 and officially ended on February 27, 1998" I wouldn't consider a 12 year run a failure. Also from wiki: "Two ex-Apple Newton developers founded Pixo, the company that created the operating system for the original iPod."
Pippin: Ok - I'll give you that one -- Apple's gaming console / network computer never really took off.
Lisa - this PC was developed at the same time as the original Mac. It was developed after the Apple II, and in many ways, it had some better features than the original MAC. BTW: the last version of the Lisa was sold as the Macintosh XL.
USB Mouse (made in 1998)- ok - another failure -- claimed to be the biggest failure of Apple. So they couldn't design a lousy mouse? That's their biggest failure? I'd play those odds anyday!
iTunes - the original version was developed by SoundJam MP (Jeff Robin and Bill Kincaid) in 1999. Apple bought it in 2000, and developed it into what it is today. It is perhaps one of the most integrated products Apple has today -- MAC & PC, iPod, iPhone, iPAD...etc. Yes - it took 11 years to develop, but I wouldn't call that product an entire failure.
So -- you are correct -- there were a couple of things that didn't pan out for Apple, but there aren't that many companies out there that can boast the same success rate as Apple can.
Oh - and your prize -- the latest version of Apple iTunes, downloadable at
Apple.
-Z-man.
PS: Yes, I have drunk the Apple Kool-Aid, and it's ok...
