Early adopters (was: Odd floppy drives (was: Orbis

[Fred Cisin]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
>   If you're talking about VHS and Beta, I suspect that VHS won because the
> licensor allowed the adult movie industry (read:  porn) to make VHS tapes
> while Sony (holders of the Beta format) did not license their technology to
> the adult movie industry (read: porn). . . .
>   -spc (Now, had IBM licenced MCA to the adult industry (read: porn) it
> 	might still be a viable contender today 8-P

It seems that the early adopters of any technology, necessary to insure
success, tend to be: pornographers, religious fanatics, and geeks.

Without any of those three, most technologies won't survive long enough to
become dominant.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com