Red+Queens

Red queens refers to the Alice in Wonderland story where Alice is running and getting no where. In the technology aspect red queens are detailing a battle where two technologies are all of a sudden battling it out and everything else is left behind. This was not the case of the overhead projector because at the time there was not another alternative trying to achieve the same goal. Also, for the Activboard there are two major companies (Promethean and Smartboard) however, there are no other technologies trying to accomplish the same goal so the Activboard cannot be classified as a red queen. Since there was not a huge battle between several activboards the obsolete technology of the overhead projector was not placed into the closet because of a red queen situation.

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