QuoteFor every successful standard in the computer business, there are a dozen forgotten dead-ends that went nowhere.
QuoteThe first widely known magneto-optical drive shipped with the NeXT Computer in 1988. Various MO drives and discs are still in production today, but they remain a niche market compared to other optical media like DVD-R.
Benj Edwards smokes meth. With the possible exception of the Type II Microdrive, Magneto Optical outlived the other formats by a measurable margin.
It's like people who call Laserdisc a failure. If it was so unsuccessful, why were they selling players for
30 years??