Sony to Eliminate 10,000 Jobs, 6% of Workforce, Nikkei Says
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Sony lost every battle—video games, smartphones, cameras, TFTs. Maybe they still lead the professional broadcasting arena.
(lose every battle) != (lose entire war)
Perhaps this a a proactive measure to eliminate some bagage that accumulated during the succeses they had in the areas you mentioned above. Perhaps this is an opportunity to refocus on the areas the have recently lost but still have competitive technology?
Fwiw - this is a reaction to the phrase "Lose every battle" more than anything else. Also, I looked around and I don't own anything by sony and can't remember the last thing I bought from them so perhaps they are still going to lose the war.
sony has no leadership. leadership is not "break down the silos and lets all work together".. thats management.
If you disagree reply.
But given their size, I suppose that growth must have come from innovation in decades past.
in the 80s the build quality of sony was legendary. in the 90s they were still excellent and most people i know preferred them over an alternate brand. but minidiscs and even before that d.a.t. showed they preferred a locked down environment that favoured sony and not their customers. mp3s were the nail in the coffin for many folk that i know and people went elsewhere. i stopped recommending sony back in late 90s. cd and dvd burners speeded up the process when sony products refused to handle them.
the rootkits, lies and lack of security were just nails in the coffin.
I remember my first walkman fondly. But I think that it was always a small cassette player to me.
The walkman was also something I always wanted back in the day. It was good to know you could carry around music with you and listen to it whenever you or your batteries let you.