The ongoing work of learning standards
Litmos
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
At the dawn of the video recording age, a battle raged about the best standard to use: VHS or Betamax. In it, Sony came out with a better standard, but kept it to themselves. Meanwhile, JVC’s VHS standard wasn’t quite as good, but they openly licensed it. The outcome: VHS won. As Stephen Johnson tells us, in his book Where Good Ideas Come From , the openness of standards fosters innovation. .
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