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Ha, does that keep you up at night? I'm surprised any company, save Apple (for cultural reasons), produces this sort of angst in people. What's your emotional

Ha, does that keep you up at night? I'm surprised any company, save Apple (for cultural reasons), produces this sort of angst in people. What's your emotional attachment to the long term success of Sony? Where does it come from (serious question)?

ekianjo 13y ago
Well, Sony used to make cool products (the first Walkmans were cool. Even the first Playstation was cool. The Sony Trinitron TVs were fantastic. The Sony VAIO line of PCs were hotter than Macs back in 2000...) - but that time is long gone. Maybe it's nostalgia?
- GFischer 13y ago
  Sony was the Apple of the 80s :) ... their consumer electronics were objects of lust, as you mention, the Walkman and the Trinitron lines. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/430757/rise_fall_sony/ http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/430757/rise_fall_sony/
  - scholia 13y ago
    And the company that Steve Jobs most admired ;-)
    - shaneofalltrad 13y ago
      I think there are some major changes being made to regain this position and it is backed with some really cutting edge products, along with smarter financial decisions. I think the only thing they are lacking is the respect due to past mistakes, mistakes that have been removed from the line completely over the past year or are in plans to cut in the next few months. They plan to marked high-end only and it looks like serious thought in filling the need of better software and developers. I have no inside, but I would not be surprised if you start seeing HackerNews worthy projects popping up from Sony Developers in the next few years.
      - scholia 13y ago
        I hope so. I used to use a ton of Sony products (Trinitron, Walkman Pro, PS2, PSP, MiniDisc, SACD player) but today it's down to one: a TV set.