On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Apple did little for Blu-ray, and for that matter Jobs has always referred > to it as a "bag of hurt" for the platform, both hardware and software. >
While this is true, Apple did join the Blu-Ray committee, and did back the format. > To this day you cannot get a Blu-ray drive in a Mac, even Mac Pros, which > do have third party options available. > Again, the money that went to Blu-Ray was to tweak Microsoft a bit. But, to put it mildly, none of the big players want a format of any kind. Especially Apple. They are making money hand over fist by offering product that has no disc media of any kind. Even Sony wants to move to medialess, eg the PSP Go, but hasn't figured out how to make it as lucrative as Apple has so far. Media, of any kind, that requires an open format gives us too much choice. Better to have 100% digital files that the Company can change, delete, or lock at will. > I suspect this is not so much an issue with storage as it is an effort to > move to the "cloud". At least that's the take that most analysts have, and > it makes sense. > > MacDan EdB -- "I've come to your planet on a Class IV Intergalactic Doom Freighter." - Adrian Monk _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
