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osborne effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
os-borne -ef-fect
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The phenomenon whereby the premature announcement of a new product leads customers to cancel or defer orders for the existing product, since it will soon become obsolete.

Etymology

In reference to the Osborne Computer Corporation, a company that took more than a year to make its next product available, and eventually went bankrupt in 1983.

Inflected Forms

the Osborne effect (canonical)

Questions

What does osborne effect mean?
The phenomenon whereby the premature announcement of a new product leads customers to cancel or defer orders for the existing product, since it will soon become obsolete.
Where does osborne effect come from?
In reference to the Osborne Computer Corporation, a company that took more than a year to make its next product available, and eventually went bankrupt in 1983.

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