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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
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> How many problems could have been avoided if people could just agree to a
> standard from the beginning? They did that with DVD, until Circuit City
> decided to make DIVX. Stupid looking back on it, but they thought it was
> more important than having a standard. You know how much work rebuilding
> the layout will be. You don't want to do it again, do you? I don't.
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DVD vs. DIVX was not about 'standards', it was about profits. CC bought the
sales pitch from the lawyers that they would make more money on DIVX than they
could on DVD. DIVX players could always play non-DIVX DVD discs.
And Yes, we do want to rebuild. "We like to build"! Each layout we've done
(we're on #3, planning #4) is better than the last. And someday, #5 will be
better than #4!
The layout that the GMLTC is planning is going to be much more 'whole' than
our current layout. Instead of having different sections, each with a
different theme, the sections will flow into each other in a more seamless
manner. Basically, we're designing the entire layout, not individual sections
that happen to line up and form a layout. (Did that make any sense?)
Having a 'standard' design for each section (table, module - whatever you want
to call it) limits what we can build - "You must put track here. You must be
this tall. You must be this size."...
JohnG, GMLTC
(follow-up set to .org, since it seems silly to have this thread running in
both groups!)
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| I think we are on the same track here. I am doing that as well. One option that I think all involved would want is that you can have a "section" comprised of X modules where nothing matches the module standards where they break up EXCEPT where the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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