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- From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
- Subject: Re: DAT, DCC and MD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.001047.6223@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- References: <C15ozr.C3F@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1993Jan21.202342.7073@news.columbia.edu> <1993Jan22.024858.11634@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:10:47 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.024858.11634@e2big.mko.dec.com> winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan21.202342.7073@news.columbia.edu>,
- >gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
- >|>
- >|> DAT is neither "cool" nor compatible, which makes it strike out
- >|>from a consumer point of view.
- >
- >THIS is the real reason DAT lost out in the consumer marketplace. Lack of
- >pizzaz, plus no pre-recorded tapes.
-
- Well, sort of--I'd venture to say that the principal reason that DAT has
- done relatively poorly in the consumer arena is that the marketing hype/
- new toy appeal was wasted at a time when DATs were nearly unavailable in
- this country. If, on the other hand, product availability had been
- anything close to synchronous with consumer excitement over the product,
- DAT might have become far more popular, especially if there had been
- aggressively priced units, especially for automotive use available not
- long afterwards.
-
- Trygve
-