Note: the recording of Nishi's speech can now be downloaded from www.msx.org
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> > > What the hell REALLY means MSX??? X-D
> >
> > I do think this is the actual name. It was the basic idea behind the MSX
> > philosophy back then. The MicroSoft eXtended applies only to the Basic and
Dos,
> > and the Matsushia Sony X-machine is some kind of 'joke' from people who were
> > against microsoft.
>
> Joke? From Nishi? He said this in Tokyo last August...
In his speech last saturday he made several (slightly) anti-microsoft jokes, so
this could very well have been one of them. He did say the Matsushia Sony
X-machine was merely a name in response to Microsoft's version of MSX.
(at 9:36 Nishi said)
"people ask always what does MSX stand for? some people say MicroSoft
eXchangable or Matsushia Sony X-machine. Actually it meant Machine with Software
eXchangability, that was our original handle. But Gates said 'MSX is
**Microsoft** (mysterious voice)' but then sales were going down and gates
stopped saying it's microsoft, instead 'no it's Sony Matsushia'"
>> I think MSX doesn't really have a meaning. Nishi said he just
>> needed a nice sounding 3 letter word, just like VHS, e.g.
>
>Uhm? Nishi didn't say that. He said MSX should be like VHS, a standard which
>can be adopted by many companies. The letters were not chosen just because
>it sounds nice.
Perhaps... anyways I do think this is the best name.
It reflects what Nishi said about "IBM has IBM computer, running IBM software".
(at 5:54 Nishi said)
"Every hardware company having different software. We thought that was crazy. We
felt that like videotape, different companies make VHS, one VHS logo, which can
play everywhere. The name MSX comes from VHS. VHS having three letters, Video
Home System or eh... Vista Hollywood System or whatever (joke). So we said like
eh, three letters is good for compatible computer. So we decided that."
So they were also chose because it sounds nice.
> I adapted the text in the FAQ about this.
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