Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/17/00 11:49

On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 05:43:12 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:

>It's only proprietary if it doesn't become the new standard.

Wrong. IBM fully intended to reap license fees throughout the
lifespan of the micro-channel bus.

> There are
>almost always competing formats.

That is not why it went under. It was the fastest, best
implementation yet. It still died, however.

> See USB vs. Firewire,

Apples and oranges. Firewire was a Sony design meant to be capable
of passing a stream wide enough for high resolution A/V.

USB was a computer interface designed to allow a string of devices to
exist on the same bus without individual interrupt assignments.

Total apples and oranges.

> DVD-R vs DVD+R,

Not even a competition. Two different formats, two different
technologies, two different purposes.

> DAT
>vs DCC,

You probably stepped on that timeline as well.

> VHS vs. Beta,

The only one you've gotten right so far.

> Laserdisc vs CED.

There was never any such competition. Laser Disc displaced the nil
sized CED market immediately. Disc production in CED was halted
almost the same fuckin' week. Big companies know how to do their
projections, and the quality of the product was an order of magnitude
better, so it was a no brainer.


> DVD was an exception in the format
>war.

Bullshit. DVD is what replaced/displaced the Laser Disc market.

HD DVD will replace/displace DVD because as he def monitors
proliferate, DVDs will be notably grainier looking.

To every thing, Turn, Turn, Turn...

There is a season.

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