"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | The main argument, advanced by a Microsoft lobbyist, is that the bill
>> is | anti-competitive, and would be "like choosing Betamax over VHS."
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> But Betamax was BETTER than VHS....
Not in any way that the consumer could relate to.
Betamax had a better tape handling mechanism. But that was internal to the
player so the consumer didn't know or care.
Betamax had a slightly better quality picture but it wasn't drastic enough
where the consumer could tell the difference.
To the consumer VHS was better in areas that actually matter. VHS had a
longer recording time and VHS players cost less. So to the consumer VHS was
*BETTER* than Betamax. You can try to convince yourself otherwise but 10's
of millions of consumers didn't go out and freely buy a worse video player.
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