It doesn't really depend on which is better, it depends on which service it there to serve people when demand hits critical mass: history is littered with media and formats which were beat by inferior competitors.
If you can remember 1985, that was the year when everyone in the USA who didn't own a VCR bought one- and VHS was the better deal at the time, and so beta's fate was sealed. Early adopters who did their research and chose beta were out of luck.
I've got DSL at home, subcontracted through the university which employs me, and it's great. But the number of folks who'd be impressed by having a fixed IP is proportional to those who'd notice the better image betamax provided. Video professionals still use beta.
Palm vs. CE is at that juncture right now. CE is utter crap as far as I can tell, but I'm amazed at how many people love their Start menu, even if it clutters up the tiny screen and makes information eight taps away rather than two.
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It doesn't really depend on which is better, it depends on which service it there to serve people when demand hits critical mass: history is littered with media and formats which were beat by inferior competitors.
If you can remember 1985, that was the year when everyone in the USA who didn't own a VCR bought one- and VHS was the better deal at the time, and so beta's fate was sealed. Early adopters who did their research and chose beta were out of luck.
I've got DSL at home, subcontracted through the university which employs me, and it's great. But the number of folks who'd be impressed by having a fixed IP is proportional to those who'd notice the better image betamax provided. Video professionals still use beta.
Palm vs. CE is at that juncture right now. CE is utter crap as far as I can tell, but I'm amazed at how many people love their Start menu, even if it clutters up the tiny screen and makes information eight taps away rather than two.
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