On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Sander van Nunen wrote:
> The only way to make the new MSX a success is to produce a machine that is
> cheap, uses advanced hardware, and is somehow compatible with -say- directX
> (dreamcast, PC, MS X-Box) so that games easely could be ported from other
> platforms, has a DVD player, so that people will buy the system sooner
> because they know that if no software is produced for the system, they still
> can use it as a dvd player, has a build in mpeg layer III decompressor chip
> (another reason for people to take a change and buy the system)
What you want isn't a new MSX, but a cheaper PC! This is not the 'MSX
way'. MSX has been always an easy-to-program, user-friendly system, where
users make hardware developments and upgrades themselves. This should
continue this way. The MSX has a place in market as a cheap HOME COMPUTER
system (remember: HC, not PC!).
Don't think about professional video edition on the MSX, or graphics
renderization. Think about the children that are bought their first
computer by their parents. Think about small companies that can't afford
buying 10-15 PCs just to use the web and send email. Think about schools
and think on the MSX as a learning machine. This is what the MSX is, and
this is where the Wintel platform can't beat us.
Regards,
"Social engineering is a very common practice in the underground, and almost
magically effective. Human beings are almost always the weakest link in
computer security."
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