Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-16 Thread Dave Malham
On 14/04/2012 18:23, Martin Leese wrote: Somebody who was involved at the time (which I was not) would be better able to answer this. Thatcher came to power in 1979. In 1981, the NRDC was merged into the British Technology Group. It is true that development and promotion of Ambisonics was the

Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-14 Thread Martin Leese
Ronald C.F. Antony r...@cubiculum.com wrote: On 12 Apr 2012, at 19:57, Martin Leese martin.le...@stanfordalumni.org wrote: ... The UK Government, through the National Research Development Corporation, strongly supported the development of Ambisonics; they paid for it. While the NRDC had

Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-12 Thread seva
was it not true that the UK did not, or would not, help to support the ambisonic fledgling business due to some frustrating legal restriction? this was a major point in the killing of the launch. in addition, when MAG openly criticized (and mathematically gutted) the Quad stuff, he did not

Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-12 Thread Martin Leese
seva s...@soundcurrent.com was it not true that the UK did not, or would not, help to support the ambisonic fledgling business due to some frustrating legal restriction? this was a major point in the killing of the launch. I assume by the UK you mean the UK Government. The UK Government,

Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-11 Thread David Pickett
At 22:10 10/04/2012, Robert Greene wrote: One thing that crosses my mind is this: and a lot more... I dont often agree with Robert, but I agree with him entirely in this posting. Second, in the exploration of why Ambisonics did not succeed commercially(yet), it seems to me important

Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? New Title and questions...

2012-04-11 Thread Marc Lavallée
David Pickett d...@fugato.com a écrit : Second, in the exploration of why Ambisonics did not succeed commercially(yet), it seems to me important to understand the whole nature of the success of technological products. They succeed if they offer a lot but demand nothing of the consumer