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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 1. RE: Microsoft thwarted again (Joe Pluta) > >> >research Betamax. Windows is the VHS of operating systems. >> >> Ooooo, I love this! Perhaps what you say is true, but have you bought >a >> Betamax tape recently? You're that Betamax guy screaming from the >rooftops >> about the technical superiority of your format, not noticing that the >> world has decided that VHS is the way to go! > >The world only went that way because people kept lying to them, saying >that VHS is better. Proof positive that a technologically inferior >solution can be foisted on the public by self-serving, unethical sales >folks. 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 -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 x313 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.powertech.com __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
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