Peak wheat!

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Feb 26, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Peter Korsten wrote:

> The Dong schreef:
>
>> I think it's ludicrous that there isn't enough market space for both,
>> ignoring anti-competitive strategies for a moment...
>
> It's ludicrous that there has been the format war in the first place.
> There wasn't one with CD. (Obviously, since it was the first time a
> compact, digital disc on the market.)
>
> There wasn't one with DVD either, not in the least because a couple of
> big players put on pressure to have just one system and one file  
> system
> (contrary to CD, where you have 'books' in all colours of the  
> rainbow).
>
> Nobody *wants* two formats. Not the content producers, because it adds
> cost. Not the consumer either, because it adds cost and complexity.
>
> And when it comes down to it, Sony is cool, and Microsoft and Intel
> aren't. :)

and Toshiba, not cool also!