Not including HD-DVD is paying off again

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MikeB said:

Sony has lost the last three times it backed a format (Beta, Minidisk and its MP3 player system).

Why do many people always want to neglect Sony's many success stories, like the introduction of the Compact Disc (CD by Sony + Philips) or 3.5 inch diskettes (Sony)?

You can't win all the time, Sony produces products for very competitive markets.

The Blu-Ray Association was founded by Matsushita/Panasonic, Pioneer (Laserdisc, Together with Sony laid much of the technological ground work), Philips (compact cassete/CD), Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, Samsung, and Sony!

I don’t know is there a difference between a open industry standard format and a proprietary one owned by one company or small group of them?