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Or, how hard it is to predict future markets. I remember when I started making games (on CD-ROMS!) and I met a guy who had a "multimedia" company. It sounds s

Or, how hard it is to predict future markets. I remember when I started making games (on CD-ROMS!) and I met a guy who had a "multimedia" company. It sounds so funny now. He felt that soon their would be huge stores, like record stores(!) that had aisles and aisles of CD-ROMs for every need and interest. It didn't sound unreasonable at the time. And now I can't even explain to my kids what record store were like when I was a kid.

whatshisface 3y ago
He was right though, they just sold other stuff at Best Buy too.
- PostOnce 3y ago
  "The App Store" is like a record store that extends for hundreds of miles in every direction. He was right about the concept; but the store is in cyberspace and the media is a file instead of a disc.