The CD is dead! The DVD is dead! - these were the pronouncements at a recent Web 2.0 seminar. Tell that to my huge collection of CDs and DVDs that have not vanished just because they are no longer cutting edge. I still have a dinosaur VCR and would have to spend the rest of my life to watch all the videotapes I own. Yes I do have a PVR, a digital box and HDMI. No I don't have an iPod, but I do have the first model MP3 player which is the size and shape of a brick.
At what stage should we adopt or delete technology? There is so much out there and sometimes it is not clear what will survive and for how long. Does anyone remember digital audiotapes? How much should we learn about things that may not last long, or how many things should we know something about? The high definition war between BluRay and HD DVD is reminiscent of Beta and VHS. VHS won on the marketing, not the technology and largely because the adult entertainment industry supported it.
The next life changing technology is always just around the corner...
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