Lars - I love it.  I've never seen that part of the curve spelled out and
labeled before.
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:21 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> wrote:

> "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu> writes:
> > I came across an article today about another major industry that has
> > been exceedingly careless about preserving its history
>
> It's an extenssion of the hype cycle.  It starts like this:
>
> 1. Technology Trigger
> 2. Peak of Inflated Expectations
> 3. Trough of Disillusionment
> 4. Slope of Enlightenment
> 5. Plateau of Productivity
>
> What is usually not pictured is the rest of the curve:
>
> 6. Dip of Sunset Technology.
> 7. Valley of Obsolete Stuff.
> 8. Throwing Away of Old Junk.
> 9. Resurge of Nostalgia.
> 10. Frantic Search on Ebay.
> 11. The Even Higher Peak of Collector's Holy Grail.
>