Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be

[idean@aztec.co.za (Ian Dean)]

In article <453ehk$h81@news1.cle.ab.com>, daryl.krzewinski@ab.com says...
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>>> I was under the impression that Phillips, a Dutch company, came up
>>> with the CD, and that the length is actually 72 minutes.  Erroneous?
>
>>Hmm. Perhaps I was told "folklore". I was under the impression that the CD
>>was invented by Sony, and was 72 mins, cos' the boss of Sony's favourite piece
>>of music was Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
>
>>Perhaps someone involved with this could shed some light??
>
>Alistair is quite correct. Phillips did about 95% of the development
>work on the CD, and nearly all of the hard points such as size,
>format, capacity, etc. had been decided upon when Phillips ran into
>hard economic times and sold the development to Sony. Little was left
>to do at that point, and Sony only had to work out some details and
>stake their claim as the inventors.
>

Hmmm.... The CD is patented to Phillips AND Sony and was a joint development...

>I'm sure the 72 minute limit reason is pure folklore as well. While I

The limit is 76 minutes...

>don't have a first-hand fact to replace it, I *do* have a particular
>performance of Beethoven's Ninth that runs close to 90 minutes.
>

Off cassette tape? :)

Ian