Sony gots a lobby
Written by Jim Carruthers
Published November 26, 2002
Published November 26, 2002
Sony forms a lobby. Didn't Betamax teach you people a lesson? You have to provide stuff which is useful and useable, and don't tax the users. (Betamax failed because Sony charged a royalty which JVC didn't with VHS)
But then, if you look at minidisc, I guess they didn't learn. Somebody needs a spanking.
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Now that I think about it (hold on, a coming trend in blogging! thinking before posting! Get me rewrite!) Sony's biggest successes have been with open source-ish projects in conjunction with other companies, for example, CD (Red Book standard with Philips) and cassette (Norelco also with Philips). Maybe you'd think they'd learn a lesson.