DVDs have enormous possibilities in both the computerindustry and in the movie industry. For about the last year, companies such asSony, Mitsubishi, and other prominent electronics manufacturers have beentrying to decide on a set of standards for the DVD format. Unfortunately, thesestandards meetings have gone nowhere, and subsequently, many of the companieshave broken off in different directions, trying to develop their own standards.In the end, there wont be one, definite standard, but instead, many standards,all of which are very different from one another. Consumers will be forced tomake a decision on which standard to choose, and if they pick the wrong one,they could be stuck down the road with a DVD player that is worthless. Had onlyone company set the standards, much like Microsoft has in the softwarebusiness, there wouldnt be the confusion that arose, and the consumers couldsit back and relax, knowing that the DVD format is secure and wont be changed.Another conclusion that many anti-Microsoft people and other people around theworld jump to is that the moment that we have a company, such as Microsoft, whois very successful, they immediately think that there must be something wrong;they have to be doing something illegal or immoral to have become this immense.This is not the case.Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft has not gained its enormous popularitythrough monopolistic and illegal measures, but instead through superiorproducts. I feel that people do have brains, and therefore have the capacityto make rational decisions based on what they think is right. If people didntlike the Microsoft operating systems, there are about a hundred other choicesfor operating systems, all of which have the ability to replace Microsoft ifthe people wanted them. But they dont, the people for the most part wantMicrosoft operating systems. For this reason, I dont take the excuse thatMicrosoft has gained their popularity through illegal measure...
