Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th May 2009 11:54 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Sony is a company which is not exactly loved by technologists, despite the fact it has come up with some damn fine technology - with my personal favourite being the MiniDisc format. The problem with Sony has always been that it was stuck in the old ways of doing things (proprietary, closed, DRM), and of course things like the rootkit scandal didn't help either. It seems like things are about to change, with Sony's CEO announcing a new direction for the company - focussed on openness.
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I bought a handycam with 'up to n hours recording time' written prominently on the box. I expected n to be some possible length of time if you use it in a low power mode such as by turning off the LCD, and it was a significant factor in my purchasing decision. It turned out that the included battery only gave 1/6th of that recording time. The only way I could have got n hours was to buy an accessory battery costing 75% of the price of the handycam. Cheaper OEM batteries wouln't work as the camera checked for microchipped Sony batteries.
That wasn't a lack of openness on Sony's part. That was just being a bastard manufacturer playing on consumers' assumptions/naivity/lack-of-research. I don't like being treated with contempt, so Sony no longer counts in my purchasing decisions.