It's been four and half years since the operating system arrived as Android Wear, and while plenty of manufacturers have tried their hand at devices, the operating system has failed to make a large dent on the smartwatch category.
The Clinton Administration's dream of a proliferation of small telephone companies, broadband-service providers, and computer operating systems has failed to materialize.
The operating system has failed to make much headway as the wearable category has seemingly plateaued for everyone who isn't Apple at this point.
The partnership is an effort to give a lift to Windows 8, Microsoft's latest operating system, which has failed to reverse declines in shipments of personal computers since it came out last fall.
The Classic was launched early last year, with a physical keyboard in the vein of its Bold predecessor and powered by the company's own overhauled BlackBerry 10 operating system, which has failed to regain market share ceded to Apple's iPhone and others.
It is heretical to say it in many quarters, but unlike its astronomy and robotic exploration programs, the current NASA operated human spaceflight program has failed by any rational measure in almost every respect to achieve any of the milestones put forth by those who sold them to the American people so long ago.
But since Metricom's system began operating last year, its subscriber base has failed to grow beyond 30,000 or so after potential customers balked at the price -- about $70 a month, compared with normal high-speed charges of about $45 a month.
The European Commission (EC) claimed that Alcan is in breach of their operating license as the station has failed to "significantly reduce its emissions".
(Unfortunately, that plan has hit a snag: 23andme has been told to cease operating by the US Food and Drug Administration because it has failed to respond to inquiries about its testing methods and publication of results).
Caribou has whittled down its cash hoard by expanding their store base, which has failed to boost operating margins.
