Comments on: Cringely Didn’t Factor Notebooks in His ‘Intel and Apple Merger’ Equation http://obviousdiversion.com/technology/cringely-intel-apple-merger/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Christian http://obviousdiversion.com/technology/cringely-intel-apple-merger/#comment-1390 Christian Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:39:42 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=405#comment-1390 It's tough to figure out why Sony does many of the things it does. It's impossible to talk about Sony as a single company, since it's a bunch of huge self-serving divisions that are constantly fighting with each other. Case in point: Sony's music division just 'protected' their CD business by handing abilities over to Microsoft, despite the fact that Microsoft is trying to displace them in the videogame business among other places. Sony still lacks a good iPod competitor not because it doesn't have the finesse to do so, but because it's entertainment division constantly bars them from entering this area without ridiculous DRM barriers. Sony's relationship with Apple is anyone's guess. Apple will be carrying Sony's HD camera's in their store but continue to hand Sony their ass in online music and digital player sales. Obviously, the next area is the sale of video, both television and movies, over the Internet. Whether Apple and Sony end up working together is a huge mystery, but I guess that's what it makes it so much fun to watch. It’s tough to figure out why Sony does many of the things it does. It’s impossible to talk about Sony as a single company, since it’s a bunch of huge self-serving divisions that are constantly fighting with each other. Case in point: Sony’s music division just ‘protected’ their CD business by handing abilities over to Microsoft, despite the fact that Microsoft is trying to displace them in the videogame business among other places. Sony still lacks a good iPod competitor not because it doesn’t have the finesse to do so, but because it’s entertainment division constantly bars them from entering this area without ridiculous DRM barriers.

Sony’s relationship with Apple is anyone’s guess. Apple will be carrying Sony’s HD camera’s in their store but continue to hand Sony their ass in online music and digital player sales. Obviously, the next area is the sale of video, both television and movies, over the Internet. Whether Apple and Sony end up working together is a huge mystery, but I guess that’s what it makes it so much fun to watch.

]]> By: zo http://obviousdiversion.com/technology/cringely-intel-apple-merger/#comment-1389 zo Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:27:40 +0000 http://obviousdiversion.com/?p=405#comment-1389 . . .you don't think it all has to do, in the end, with Cringley's fabulous question, *Why* was Mr. Sony standing onstage with The Steve? . . .you don’t think it all has to do, in the end, with Cringley’s fabulous question, *Why* was Mr. Sony standing onstage with The Steve?

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