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BR MAY be theoretically superior, but I consider Sony the Microsoft of consumer electronics--a monopolistic bully...

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In Reply to: So you don't think the extra storage space is needed ? posted by oscar on April 14, 2007 at 07:20:33:

...that builds stuff no better and often worse than the competition. After my Sony 23" computer monitor died the 3rd time, just out of warranty, I put Sony on my shit list.
Oh ya...Circuit City, too, is on that list, after they and the group of Hollywood lawyers spent hundred$ of million$ attempting to foist the pay-per-view DVD format DIVX on us.
With apologies to Joyce Kilmer, "I know that I shall never see a Circuit City worthy of me."
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Easy solution: Just don't buy Sony hardware or Microsoft products. - oscar 11:16:18 04/14/07 (2)
I don't know about Sony computers, but Sony TVs have been wonderful in my household. And most stuff running Microshaft crap, seems to have lower reliabiity and up-time than Macs running MacOS X so you might consider alternate computer platforms.
Sony's no different than any other large company wanting to dominate everyone else. If they have a good technology to sell (E.g. Blu-Ray), than maybe the consumer benefits.
- Re: Easy solution: Just don't buy Sony hardware or Microsoft products. - dbphd 11:34:22 04/15/07 (1)
  Those of us with an association with Stanford got the original Macs at deep discount, and I've been a Mac user ever since, now on the new 20" Intel iMac that looks a bit like a flat panel TV. I ask you MS bashers what you use for a spreadsheet if it's not the venerable Excel or for word processing if not Word. These programs have been around for years and have served us well. Don't confuse those with the various MS OS that have tried to emulate the Macintosh graphical user interface (GUI) over the years. I used a GUI and mouse contraption at SRI before the group went to ZEROX PARC where Steve Jobs saw an implementtion of a GUI. That stuff ran on a maxed out DEC PDP-11 at SRI. I used it to edit my papers; it seemed miraculous compared to editing in TICO, or cutting, pasting, and retyping.
  Sure Steve Jobs may be an innovative artist compared to business entrepreneur Bill Gates, but so what? MS has done some fine software, just as Sony makes some fine video equiment.
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  - Since you brought it up, I've been blessed with having to work in a Unix environment. - oscar 16:37:39 04/15/07 (0)
    I'm one of the last holdouts in an increasingly Windoze dominated world. I've been forced to use Windows apps more and more, and have had to learn to put up with the occasional application (or OS) crash when using Windows, specifically LookOut (or it Outlook?); Something I almost never experienced with Unix apps. Fortunately, I'm still able to justify use of a Desktop publishing package other than Word and Powerpointless because I can create content more efficiently with it.
    And yes, I have used Excel; it's one of the few MS tools I find halfway useful.
    Oh yeah, I use a Mac at home; I have never paid attention to virii or virus protection programs. I'm sure I should be paying attention but I've yet to get burned.

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