On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 23:00 +0100, Peter Onion wrote:
> I can't agree with that.  Since when did the quality of the engineering
> have anything to do with sales ?  Just look at the old Betamax vs. VHS
> story.  

Bad example. Yes, one of the reasons Betamax died was the licensing
restrictions. However, a VERY technical reason it died was insufficient
capacity. VHS could record longer, and that was a very major reason
consumers preferred VHS, despite it theoretically having poorer picture
quality.

For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war

Oddly enough, some may argue that HD-DVD died for the same reason:
lesser capacity. Interesting...

TTYL
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