From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 9 06:27:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1468F106566B; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 06:27:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE57C8FC12; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 06:27:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckop@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m38so273231waf.27 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:27:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:organization:to:subject :date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-disposition:message-id:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rWkHbYD6yo1Q9Mzs3xxJ6Q3SfMgin2oI1tc2paLKFOY=; b=m81kOSWqxzIAVeuBMnM2bDrl+rtjtmONhoj2W7GYdxOe24bnyeuaTNe7/ePv3w+Jjf KpGEHi6bximNtMmyu885G6xhEJpU2oRET0VC6NqjaAhM/XjwO9i1f7E2ULSDHJHkuhIR IoArmF/m5+oRGfiqBsd7zhJzDrJsenv7acz9U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:organization:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-disposition:message-id :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KV+vbSoCOE8xEFPxHout38zsI4h5NraGLXaNw9F/Zjcaaei9D7b/PFZgT4JLxJx5B8 lnNzBMxWudpK7VB4DQkBj478mWmjLYOkV+Gr1t8AxQfvEIrCY9X7TrIMBrEFIJbjrMjR b2g5jZ+aNNnKmYDKqk4G5XOyjLqyOYL6UB4Ts= Received: by 10.115.108.1 with SMTP id k1mr1237915wam.0.1239257230046; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from think.coppersoftware.com (pool-71-112-39-100.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.112.39.100]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z15sm731709pod.18.2009.04.08.23.07.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:07:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Charles Oppermann Organization: Copper Software To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:07:00 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <49D92E26.2030508@incunabulum.net> <49DD40E2.5030403@incunabulum.net> In-Reply-To: <49DD40E2.5030403@incunabulum.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904082307.01454.chuckop@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "alexei@raylab.com" , Bruce Simpson , Maksim Yevmenkin Subject: Re: libhci update X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:27:17 -0000 On Wednesday 08 April 2009 5:27:14 pm Bruce Simpson wrote: > I agree with you here, but that doesn't change the fact that we are > potentially being Betamax'd by BlueZ, even if not intentionally ;-) > > FYI if you are not familiar with the story of Betamax: it was the > technological superior of the VHS video cassette standard, bot of > course VHS got the dominant market share, and therefore won > out in the end. Common misconception. The Betamax was only marginally of better quality, and any differences were not discernable to consumers. People bought VHS-format VCR's because the first publically available recorders could record up to go 2 hours, vs. Sony's 1 hour maximum for Betamax. When the major use of VCR's was to record movies off of cable for repeated viewings, the recording time was a major factor. Every time Sony came up with longer recording times, JVC and RCA would stay ahead. Sony tried very hard to position Betamax as the higher quality alternative, but Sony's 2-hour long tapes made the same compromises as VHS did. SuperBeta tapes were higher quality than VHS, but the format war was over by the time they were available along with recorders.