mgillespie Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) If they were trying to keep a lid on their problems, then it's not going to be much longer... Now everyone knows what a state Sony's Walkman and Connect divisions are in..http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/02/2054249http://news.com.com/Sonys+software+future/..._3-6044937.htmlPS. Sony, still waiting for that SonicStage upgrade to make my NW-A3000 pretty brick actually work as it was intended to.... Getting tired waiting...The part about this article that made me laugh (cry) the most:"The resulting product, released in mid-2004, was a flop. A year later, in early 2005, Sony Corporation of America Chief Technology Officer Phil Wiser conceded that the software had been a problem but said the company had learned from both its own mistakes and iTunes' gains. "The software has gotten killed," Wiser told CNET News.com in a February 2005 interview. "We were well aware of the changes in the market, and clear on how we could address these things, but we didn't move fast enough." It seems they THINK they have learned their lessons, and are now on the right track. They really need a wake-up call. As from a end user, I am telling them, they are still not moving fast enough, nor are they on the right track. I have owned this damn NW-A3000 for 4 months, and it's no better than that fatefull day back in Decemeber, when I bough the thing, thinking "nobody got fired for buying Sony" (to use a IBM phrase). How wrong I was... Edited March 4, 2006 by mgillespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Sony `s train has already derailed .So now they should make a new train which is much better ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSP62 Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) It would be of the best interest for Sony to have had a backup plan well in advance....like 6 months after the release of CONNECT with negative feedback. It's quite obvious that they did not and the because of the stall, I think it really hurt them....and they must know this...hopefully they do.Western Tech companies have alway been on the edge of innovation while Eastern Tech companies, partiularly Japan, have been more on the side of effeciency. What do I mean by that? I mean that the western idea holds the essence of "big money spending, faster rewards & profits". While eastern philosophy, KAIZEN, holds "slow and steady improvements wins the race." That's why US companies such as M$ & Apple have been reaping the the profits and taking up market share. (sorry to get all business like here )I actually work for a Japanese company and have read a a couple books on business practices and the KAIZEN model. I must say it a is a very interesting model.Anyways that is my 2 centsPS - I read this link a couple days ago relevant to our discussion. http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/06/02/24/2044255.shtml Edited March 3, 2006 by JSP62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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