16 Sep
1998
16 Sep
'98
6:14 p.m.
On 17 Sep 1998 00:26:03 -0000
Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com> wrote:
Although there can be no "proof" either way,
I at least cited a possible
(and widely believed) non-marketing reason for the success of VHS over Beta.
You neither refuted my example, nor did you provide support for your claim
that marketing is the primary cause in your two examples.
I could just as easily claim that Mac vs. Windows and PowerPC vs. Pentium
were decided by consumers solely on the basis of cost. I could probably
come up with half a dozen other expanations that have nothing to do with
marketing. I don't need to invoke any mystical, unsupported "marketing"
claim.
I agree with you. I think people are greatly oversimplifying things when
they generalize everything that happens in a marketplace that is
dominated by someone, as a win that was due to better marketing.
Marketing is a factor, but isn't the only one.
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