"David W. Tamkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So when you said that "MIniDisc will become platform-dependent" you
>meant that bad marketing -- or false rumors left unchallenged by weak
>marketing -- will allow people to get the impression that there isn't
>anything to MD except NetMD, so MiniDisc will *seem*
>platform-dependent to them?
Exactly. Nice summary, David ;)
>Let's hope it doesn't come to that, but in places like
><alt.audio.minidisc> and MiniDiscussion posts asking whether one can
>record onto an MD from a source other than a computer are common.
>It's not hard to imagine that the next step beyond thinking that one
>can record only from a computer is to think that one can record only
>with the advertised software.
Precisely, and Sony's marketing is, well... we all know LOL
"Matt Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...wow this netmd thing has really gotten some people all wound up.
>why dont we just actually wait till some software specs come out
>instead of an announcement for something. face it no specs except for
>usb was announced. oh that and that the disks made will work with
>current products.
Based on what Sony has said, the assumptions being made (that much of
NetMD's functionality will be through software) are quite safe.
By the way, this is an MD *discussion* list. If you don't like to discuss,
then maybe it isn't the best list for you?
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