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The story of MSX computers in 1984

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From the 'If it's got an X in the name it's cool' department:

http://www.dvorak.org/blog/whatever-happened-to-msx-computers/

Not too many people will recall the short-lived era of the “MSX”
initiative which was slated to pretty much take over the non-existent
middle world where consumer electronics met personal computers. It was
always believed, back then, that this is where the sweet spot of
profits would emerge. What emerged was instead laughable MSX. It was
one of Microsoft’s greatest flops.

... [major snippage] ...

In February of 1990 one of the last hold outs for MSX, Sony
Corporation, gave up on supporting MSX and moved into production of AX
computers (another dead-end) and mini-notebook machines. Only Panasonic
continued to make an MSX-II Turbo machine. Sanyo also stayed in the
consortium to no avail

The story of MSX – if it is ever remembered — might eventually be a
Harvard Business School case study. The entire episode proves that
popularizing a new standard is not a trivial pursuit."



-- 
RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>

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The story of MSX computers in 1984 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-11 15:36 +0000
  Re: The story of MSX computers in 1984 Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 13:37 -0700
    Re: The story of MSX computers in 1984 Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-11 22:56 +0000
      Re: The story of MSX computers in 1984 Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 16:56 -0700
        Re: The story of MSX computers in 1984 Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2014-03-12 02:33 +0000
          Re: The story of MSX computers in 1984 Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-11 23:05 -0700

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