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Article #66776Re: VHS versus Betamax
From: Rjao
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 09 Feb 1997 15:15:44 -0500, wright@autobahn.mb.ca (David C. = Wright) wrote: #=20 # The reason why VHS won out over Betamax, and why PCs won out over the # Amiga, and why Microblorp won out over Unix are not a secret. They are # simple common-sense. #=20 # In every case, the winner won out with a product that was widely = available # at a very low price, and was typically drool-proof. Ergo even a cretin # could learn to use it. Perfect for the American public. In every case, # their products require little or no intelligence on the part of the # end-user. In every case these products are available anywhere. In = every # case, these products are cheap (in the case of MS products, they are # included with the computer, which, from the consumer's point of view, = makes # them free). #=20 There was this book :Marketing Hi-technology," it outline how Intel beat = rival in the early years of microprocessor. Being the first to come out with a higher tech product does not = necessarily means it is the winner, and me too product are those who left lasting = market share.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10edc5,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid10edc5,public X-Google-Thread: 10cbb9,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cbb9,public X-Google-Thread: f73c4,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidf73c4,public X-Google-Thread: f77bb,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidf77bb,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: fa335,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa335,public X-Google-Thread: fd6ed,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd6ed,public X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,5f4bd4a540583d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public From: rjao@tpts1.seed.net.tw (Rjao) Subject: Re: VHS versus Betamax Date: 1997/02/11 Message-ID: <32ffd298.1050306@news.iii.org.tw> X-Deja-AN: 218029628 references: <32DB2690.3533@geocities.com> <ant170032d07Whac@binliner.demon.co.uk> <32E43004.3CE1@chevalier.net> <ant232236b496Quo@cartmell.demon.co.uk> <01bc0b59$a92fac80$38ae37cf@computer-name> <ant292121bc8krWe@iainlogan.enterprise.net> <5dalhn$q9n@tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca> <5davp9$34g@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <32F92E79.6A57@boeing.com> <wBj/yYBJgL8E091yn@autobahn.mb.ca> organization: j%nki~wÂRJ3M-26XPL28L-BFGD44CT-1EA6BC82 mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: rjao@tpts1.seed.net.tw newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.acorn.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt,comp.os.linux.network,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,comp.security.misc,rec.aviation.simulators,comp.sys.palmtops,alt.2600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit