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Sony's Obsession with Proprietary Formats

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the repeating-the-mistakes-of-yore dept.

geoffrobinson writes "Jonathan Last, writing for a lay audience in the Philadelphia Inquirer, comments on Sony's push for the Blu-ray format: 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. One of life's more satisfying ironies, however, is that the same fate often befalls those who fixate on history... ...Obsessed with owning proprietary formats, Sony keeps picking fights. It keeps losing. And yet it keeps coming back for more, convinced that all it needs to do is push a bigger stack of chips to the center of the table.'"

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  1. Sony's the new Microsoft by indiancowboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is is just me, or are others too, getting bored of slashdot's new found love for Sony bashing? Enough already!

  2. OLD CSS ??? by crabpeople · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow this new scheme is awful. The moderation is way on the other side so i dont know how to react when i read the comments. The boxes are also too big. Shouldnt slashdot have like a link to the old CSS for people who dont like this forced upgrade? the fonts are all the same. all the text runs together its AWFUL. why dont you leave the old slashdot default in place, and then let people change it to these gay web2.0 css sheets from their userprofile? why penalize everyone?

    Im surprised there isnt a link on the mainpage for people. i nearly had a heart attack. Please can someone post a download location for the old slashdot css?

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    1. Re:OLD CSS ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You got that right... what a mess. I want my old slashdot look back.

    2. Re:OLD CSS ??? by Ant+P. · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Here's a better idea: How about instead of whining 2 months too late, you made a better design yourself and submitted it when you were given the chance to do so?

    3. Re:OLD CSS ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My hope is that all the spoiled whining brats that hate the design just stop posting and coming here. Win win!

    4. Re:OLD CSS ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The moderation is way on the other side so i dont know how to react when i read the comments.

      BEST COMMENT EVER!

      You sir, are a comic genius.

  3. Re:does it really matter? by The-Ixian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes, because as we all know WoW is the first and only MMO and all internet jargon has derived it.

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  4. Not DevStation, but Devastation by paranerd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look at the bottom of the slide. The typo isn't with the capital 'M' but with the missing 'A'

    1. Re:Not DevStation, but Devastation by paranerd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sorry....wrong topic!

  5. Re:does it really matter? by KlomDark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "A good 1080i broadcast looks absolutely sick."

    UH... OK... You mean like fever and puking and diarrhea?

    That's great.

    Oh, let me guess, you're some punk-ass wanna-be hipper-hopper using kewl hand signals and saying illegible shit like "Dat beyotch be absolutely seeick?"

    How about "A good 1080i broadcast looks absolutely !=."

    Go get yourself some bling and get the fuck out of here.