Sony profit more than triples on digicam, yen
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| Sony's chief financial officer, Nobuyuki Oneda, said the PS3's performance
| fell short of expectations in the first quarter but expressed hope that a
| cut to the price of its 60GB model and the upcoming launch of an 80GB model
| would boost demand.
|
| "Thanks to these measures, PS3 sales are picking up pace," Oneda told a news
| conference.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198911.html
Microsoft cuts Xbox DVD player to $179
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| Attaching the players to popular game consoles is seen by both camps as a way
| to get the technology into millions of homes, and pique consumers' interest.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198919.html
There are other tricks being used to pressure rivals through margins. See
below.
Related:
Is Toshiba Giving Away The Razor [HD DVD] To Get You To Buy The Blades?
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| I just received an e-mail tonight from the folks at the EMA (Electronic
| Merchant's Association), who are responsible for a big industry event next
| week, the Home Media Expo.
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http://www.dvddossier.com/2007/07/a2-toshiba-hd-d.html
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
|
| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
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| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
|
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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