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I'm not so sure. Doesn't this stage allow the market to dictate which features are important to (albeit early-adopter) consumers?

• Mister_Snuggles 12y ago
  In a way it does, but it also hurts the early adopters that picked the wrong standard. As a kid I was in a Betamax family. After that, I've learned to not be an early adopter when companies start pulling this garbage.
  • brianmcc 12y ago
    It's probably unavoidably a time of turmoil - with so much at stake there's a disincentive for all companies to universally "place nice". A cambrian explosion of standards and partnerships from which most likely one or two durable standards will emerge, hopefully the "best", is natural - but painful if you're impatient to just get something done.