Indeed, it defies reason that consumer electronics companies invest millions in creating unifying industrial designs, proprietary protocols, and the flash memory card format du jour, while practically ignoring the lessons pioneered by Apple and perfected by Microsoft.

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Magnetic tape in professional recording has taken a nose dive while flash memory is the rising video storage format according the survey results.

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