Re:The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format (2020)
by nradov on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:38AM
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Sony is a case study in the consequences of focusing on individual hit hardware products rather than sustainable, adaptable software platforms.
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Re:The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format (2020)
by ghaff on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:22PM
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That's almost certainly part of it. The Japanese electronics (and camera) makers have always been pretty bad at software--at least above the firmware level. That didn't used to matter so much but now so much about software and ecosystems (or platforms as you put it).