one word, Marketing.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Betamax still throws me for a loop. The quality compared to VHS was unreal. > I still don't know why it flopped. > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Kinda like how Sony thought betamax was the way to go? *grin* >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:16 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Apple securing it iron fisted monopoly... >> >> >> For the same reason they got rid of floppies on laptops. And serial ports. >> >> They are assuming that the cloud is the way to go, for most or all >> applications. And they are forcing that change to the user ecosystem. >> >> Assuming they are right, maybe we will see some bluetooth devices that >> handle external media, including video and camera and photo input. >> >> Wireless baby. No local storage needed. Always connected. Unlimited storage >> over there somewhere. >> >> Embrace the Cloud. >> >> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > At the cost, it's hard for to understand why the iPad doesn't have an SD >> > slot. Unless, it is strictly a control issue. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315447 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
