Bob wrote:
The obvious advantage to backwards compatibility would be much greater coverage area. It is a bit tough to envision them getting a reasonable user population with a 100% from scratch approach. Indeed that may be wishful thinking.
Well, if they get no revenue from legacy users, how does the increased user base benefit them (and, thus, why would they care)? The only path I see is, "Get 'em hooked using their old receivers, and they will need new receivers to replace them as they decide they can't live without the enhancements or as their old receivers die." But any number of users might decide that the legacy capabilities were sufficient. Indeed, other manufacturers might start producing new legacy receivers without having to pay to license any of the enhanced technology, and spoil the market for enhanced receivers.
All speculation, of course, but it seems at least facially plausible to me. Maybe it depends on what is enhanced, and by how much.
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