From Sony's response to the Lik Sang Announcement:
" We would also like to express our surprise at a company releasing personal information about its consumers, as this is contrary to data protection principles around the world."
Maybe it's just me, but Sony has absolutely no room to talk about "principles" after the rootkit fiasco with their music CDs earlier this year. Sony wouldn't even let you download the patch to remove the rootkit without first giving them a bunch of personal information - information that is completely irrelevant the problem Sony created in the first place by adding a rootkit to their CDs.
Perhaps Sony should spend less time worrying about an importer and start worrying about bigger issues - such as the recall of 8 million batteries and counting, continued delays of Blu-Ray players, PS3 production issues, and public sentiment that seems to be mounting against Sony and their entire product line...
While McAfee and Symantec are complaining about this development, Trend Micro, CA, and Avast! have already made their products compatible with Vista. The truth of the matter (at least in the case of Symantec) is that they embed the Norton software so deeply in the OS that removal is next to impossible. I know a lot of people who have completely stopped using Symantec's products because of this. At some point, both Symantec and McAfee need to revisit their protocols and methods of accessing OS resources, otherwise they'll lose more of the XP market due to bloatware.
I lost all respect for Paul Thurrot just over a year ago. IMHO, he has become irrelevant, and only gets the publicity he does because of his tenure in the field rather than any tangible credibility. This article is yet another example of this trend.
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From Sony's response to the Lik Sang Announcement:
" We would also like to express our surprise at a company releasing personal information about its consumers, as this is contrary to data protection principles around the world."
Maybe it's just me, but Sony has absolutely no room to talk about "principles" after the rootkit fiasco with their music CDs earlier this year. Sony wouldn't even let you download the patch to remove the rootkit without first giving them a bunch of personal information - information that is completely irrelevant the problem Sony created in the first place by adding a rootkit to their CDs.
Perhaps Sony should spend less time worrying about an importer and start worrying about bigger issues - such as the recall of 8 million batteries and counting, continued delays of Blu-Ray players, PS3 production issues, and public sentiment that seems to be mounting against Sony and their entire product line...
While McAfee and Symantec are complaining about this development, Trend Micro, CA, and Avast! have already made their products compatible with Vista. The truth of the matter (at least in the case of Symantec) is that they embed the Norton software so deeply in the OS that removal is next to impossible. I know a lot of people who have completely stopped using Symantec's products because of this. At some point, both Symantec and McAfee need to revisit their protocols and methods of accessing OS resources, otherwise they'll lose more of the XP market due to bloatware.
I lost all respect for Paul Thurrot just over a year ago. IMHO, he has become irrelevant, and only gets the publicity he does because of his tenure in the field rather than any tangible credibility. This article is yet another example of this trend.