RE: Microsoft thwarted again -- MIDRANGE-L

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Betamax WAS superior but they wanted to license the technology and VHS was
GIVEN away.  And the rest is history...

Chuck


Not sure _exactly_ how much this point matters, but (IIRC) it wasn't exactly
a "lie". For what the _public market_ wanted, VHS was indeed better.

Again IIRC, there was a significant dispute over Betamax licensing that
involved the... ummm... 'adult entertainment' industry. VHS licensing was
granted easily where Betamax was withheld or restricted and/or expensive for
this purpose. One standard took off and the other faded away. Not
necessarily the most publicized issue, but perhaps the most significant if
it actually affected the market that way.

I suspect the dramatic rise in internet popularity was partially fueled in a
manner similar to the popularity of VHS.

(In order to stay clearly OT) There could be warped parallels here if
development tools and environments are cheap and easy to obtain in one case,
but more expensive and harder to obtain in the other.

Tom Liotta

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