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by noilly 5716 days ago
It boggles the mind how much economic rent and inefficiency is gotten through pointlessly proprietary formats.
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metageek 5715 days ago
And Sony in particular has tried it many, many times, and usually failed.

Beta, 3.5" floppies, Minidisc, Blu-Ray, Digital8, MS...any others?

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klous 5715 days ago
Proprietary ATRAC music file format, as used with MiniDisc and their other portable music players.
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joelackner 5715 days ago
however, if they get traction they can win big time in profits and vendor lock-in.

i agree with you, however.

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eru 5715 days ago
Vendor lock-in is a form of economic rent.
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