>Ed Leafe >If Sony still insisted on a fee for each recorded tape in Betamax >format, then yes, VHS would still prevail.
Not relevant >People don't want VCRs. They want to see movies, and will buy the >VCR that plays the movies they want to see. So Linux doesn't have as a large a user base because the software that people want is just not available on Linux. > And if they already have a collection of VHS tapes, it would cost >them a lot of $$ to switch to Beta, even if the VCR was free. Surely if it is that good people will take the free Betamax VCR and buy new movies for it and keep VHS for watching their old movies. Eventually VHS would disappear. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
