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> Think we'll see Sony changing their name any time soon? Doubtful, 90% of people won't remember this in a year, just like barely anyone remembers about the BP
by electromagnetic 15y ago
> Think we'll see Sony changing their name any time soon?
Doubtful, 90% of people won't remember this in a year, just like barely anyone remembers about the BP oil spill or the Toyota brake incident.
Sony might drop their name from some of their tech enterprises. The next playstation will probably just be Playstation rather than Sony, but that's likely the biggest. Considering that Sony Bravia's are often sold as just 'Bravia', I don't see it as a huge change.
- CaptainZapp 15y agoI'm not so sure. A lot of people still remember the fact that Sony smuggled a malware payload on to Audio CD's and that was in 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_rootkit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_rootkit). I for one make it my business to remember people and to point what an evil company with a totally twisted mindset Sony actually is. Add to that their mindboggling technical ineptitude, which is so bad that I'm sure this will be remembered in a year's time. (I'm aware that technically Sony BMG was behind the rootkit scandal. But hey: there's the SONY brand name very clearly to see, here)
- rushabh 15y agoThe Toyota brake incident was a hoax - fewer people remember that - http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/feb2011/bw20110210_848076.htm http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/feb2011/bw2011...
- electromagnetic 15y agoI know, I was calling bullshit on it the first time I heard it. What I liked was that the incidence of actual problems (IIRC dealerships installing the wrong size mat that would ride up) was almost identical for the rates found at other companies.