On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:18:25PM -0500, John Sessoms scripsit: > From: Graydon >> Consumer electronics price curve says they can; I'm pretty sure they >> didn't make money on the A900s but Sony does know how to do >> electronics design. > > As far as "consumer electronics", I've never had anything from Sony > that lasted a week longer than the warranty.
There are apparently Japanese jokes about the "Sony switch" that trips when the warranty expires. I wouldn't treat it as a reason to *buy* a Sony product, but you must admit reliably dying just after (rather than just before, or in) the warranty period is _very good design_ from a skills-and-ability perspective as well as Sony's corporate perspective. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
