Re: VHS versus Betamax (was: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!)

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From: gmar...
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 00:00

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sew...@netcom.ca (John Savard) wrote:

>Iain Wilkie Logan <iain...@enterprise.net> wrote:

>>Or VHS versus Betamax - a case of a
>>poorer technology becoming predominant, which is relatively unusual. Perhaps
>>it was a victory by 'marketing' over 'product worth'.

>VHS was not tecnically more elegant. But it was superior in terms of
>what the consumer valued even before it became 'the standard'.

Thus, the original poster was correct; i.e. VHS, the "poorer
technology," is "not technically more elegant." 

Yes, it delivered what the consumer wanted, but that does not refute
the point that it was technically inferior.  Windows is clearly
technically inferior, yet it apparently gives (most) consumers what
they want.

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Subject: Re: VHS versus Betamax (was: Let's unite to destroy Microsoft!)
Date: 1997/02/05
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