In article <1658229.8YhmztrXSV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Colour barcode system to hit DVDs
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> | Developed by Microsoft, it is one of a number of competing products
> | hoping to find their way onto packaging.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6570871.stm
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> When I read about such INNOVA~1 I wonder, why not have /industry/ standards?
Where do you think industry standards come from? Companies develop
competing solutions to problems, put them on the market, and the
industry chooses a standard, after evaluating the competing products in
the real world.
There are some interesting details on this new coding system and why it
is needed here:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6570871.stm>
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