[Info-vax] OT: About Digital and divisions

[Neil Rieck]

On Nov 20, 10:17 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
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> On 11/20/2011 9:57 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
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> > On Nov 19, 1:42 pm, John Wallace<johnwalla... at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> On Nov 19, 4:51 pm, JF Mezei<jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca>  wrote:
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> >>> Neil Rieck wrote:
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> >>>> Here's my two cents about comparing Apple to Sony. Sony was only
> >>>> selling players. Apple was selling players and content.
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> >>> Wrong. At the time Apple launched iTunes Store (a year or two after
> >>> launching iPods), Sony already had all of what was needed to do the
> >>> same, yet they failed royally. They did have a "store" for games etc but
> >>> their own music division wouldn't allow that store to sell music to
> >>> Sony's new MP3 players.
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> Sony, in many ways, was not too bright!  Their home video tape system
> was technically superior.  They had it locked up with patents and were
> unable or unwilling to license those patents.  They wanted the WHOLE pie!
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> VHS came along.  It also was patented but the holders of those patents
> were willing to license to just about anyone who was willing and able to
> to meet their *very reasonable terms*.
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> Can you buy a "BetaMax" new, today?  Would you buy a BetaMax????????
> Guess who got rich!!  Hint; it wasn't Sony's stock holders!
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I guess Sony was a little more successful in getting Blu-ray to kill
off HD-DVD

:-)

NSR