[Merik]

I think you’re confusing the technology with a product developed using that technology. The prevalence of poorly implemented products or the lack of fit of some products to a particular target market, do not inherently provide evidence for conclusions about the technology itself.

[xanderlewis]

The lack of successful implementation is surely at least evidence that the technology might not be living up to the hype, though — no?

It’s like “but that wasn’t real communism”.