Focusing exclusively on consumer-oriented products, not enterprise/business products...
Most Over-Bloated Software Product
Winner: Adobe Acrobat Reader
Runner-Up: Apple iTunes
Runner-Up: Apple QuickTime Player
Most Over-Priced Software Product
Winner: Adobe PhotoShop
Runner-Up: Autodesk AutoCAD
Runner-Up: Adobe Dreamweaver
Most Needlessly Abandoned Technology
Winner: Microsoft Windows Mobile
Runner-Up: Apple AppleTV
Runner-Up: Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (now “Live Movie Maker”)
Most Badly-Aimed Software Strategy
Winner: Google Orkut
Runner-Up: Autodesk Actrix
Runner-Up: Opera (web browser)
Worst Named Software Product
Winner: Almost Every FOSS App for Linux
Runner-Up: Almost Every FOSS App for Linux
Runner-Up: Almost Every FOSS App for Linux
Ugliest/Clunkiest Piece of Shit Software Product
Winner: Apple iTunes
Runner-Up: Apple iTunes
Runner-Up: Apple iTunes
Note: Choices were based solely on anecdotal experience. These are my personal picks. There was no scientific methodology involved.
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