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From: taab5@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Want CDTV info. (here it is!)
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.073451.1@ccvax.iastate.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 13:34:51 GMT
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In article <91041.163331AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu>, <AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>      Mark please check your facts before you post.  The reason that Beta
>  failed was because of Sony's desire to dominate the marketplace.  Sony who
>  developed the Beta format did not licence the format to other VCR makers.
>  JVC (who I beleive developed the VHS format) licenced the format to other
>  makers.  If you recall the battle of formats, the only maker of Beta was
>  Sony.  Yes, toward the endSony licenced the format to others, but by then
>  it was too late.  If C= can get some market share before CD-I comes out, and
>  then licence the techonlogy to others, it will succeed.  

   Do you think Commodore is even going to consider licensing the CDTV
trchnology to other companies?  HECK NO!!  The CDTV is an Amiga, and
licensing the CDTV to other companies would be tantamount to allowing 
dozens of companies to produce Amiga clones.

   Commodore will not license the CDTV technology to other companies,
period.  
 
>                                                     Ajai


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