On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 05:15:01PM -0800, Keith Whaley scripsit: > Bran Everseeking wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:25:39 -0500 >> John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'd forgotten all about that. My only reason for not liking Sony >>> products was experience with products that invariably failed within a >>> week of the warranty expiring - consumer audio/video. > >> Sony has been good for me but I sum up my refusal to buy Sony product >> and technology in one word: rootkit. > > Would you care to elaborate? That makes no sense to me.
Sony has used a root kit -- a mean of surreptitiously taking over your computer without your knowledge -- to attempt to prevent copying of music CDs. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal> for a summary. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
