Sony CDs recalled, but what did they leave behind?

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You hire poorly skilled hackers to write your software. This is also what happens when you hire the same people to write the uninstall programs. Welcome to the seedy underworld of programming...you wanted it, well...now you've got it and you've nobody to blame but yourselves.

And as for Sony's appology here...wow, it was what? Only a week ago that Sony was claiming that the general populace shouldn't care what rootkits are. I hope everyone realizes that Sony isn't really sorry for anything other than getting caught. People have been complaining for MONTHS now of problems with the aries.sys driver...did Sony help them? No. Don't be fooled by Sony's two-faced appology here.

I wonder if anyone at Sony is thinking about the TENS of MILLIONS of dollars wasted on the DRM techniques so far (I particularly like the 5+ million wasted on the sharpie-defeated one...that's classic), the absolute loathing by loyal customers, and the (hopefully) HUNDREDS of MILLIONS the lawsuits will cost. Sony, I've got to tell ya...what an absolute waste and disgrace of your investors money. Do you realize you've just pissed away roughly half a BILLION dollars here? That's not just a mistake...this is a trainwreck of mythical proportions. Can you imagine what the outcome would have been if Sony decided instead to treat the customer like a customer instead of a criminal? They'd be raking in the dough right now. I'm sure, though that Sony will find SOME way to blame this on their customers yet again when the heat blows over...they never learn. Sad really.

Posted by: lawryll@...   Posted on: 11/15/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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