Sony won itself a place on my "Permanent Boycott" list for its arrogant overweening practices with regards to DRM. Nice to see they haven't changed.
I don't buy anything "Sony" anymore -- most recently that cost them a several hundred dollar digital camera purchase that went to a competitor.
5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)
Interestingly enough, they went on my list over the same issue. I've met other IT professionals who are - without having previously discussed it - of the same mindset. A serious percentage of people who understand precisely what happened with the rootkit just said to themselves, "Oh. No. I don't think so. F%#$ you." and stopped buying their products.
That issue had to hurt Sony. I wish I knew how bad.
I'm seeing something of a minor version of the same mindset about MS Vista. Even here in Seattle...the general feeling seems to be that Microsoft is trying to make the PC an Xbox that runs Office.
Same here.
Twenty-five years ago, four out of five electronic devices I owned were Sony.
Today, my latest purchases, an 8 megapixel digital camera is a Panasonic... My DVD recorder a JVC, my theater sound unit is a Phillips...
Articles like this one just validate the decision I made years ago to dump SONY.
Add their proprietary memory formats to the list of "why to not buy Sony".