Very brief recap: Sony included malicious code with a handful of CD’s. This code covertly installed itself on any computer the CD was inserted and put it in harm’s way, especially when you use Sony’s tool to remove it.

Geek outcry ensued. And some suing ensued.

Sony is now applogizing.

If you’ve read this weblog regularly, you noticed that I’m not big into corporate bashing. Even Microsoft has a right to be evil if that’s how they decide to make a buck. The market will decide their fate. Even Google will become evil one day, you’ll see. Ok, back to Sony.

My Father told me two things (among others):

1. Pissing in the pool is one thing, but pissing from the jumping board is going too far (this is an allegory, pissing in the pool is naughty too, I gathered that much.)

2. Never buy Sony, because they have proprietary hardware that is incompatible with other manufacturers’ and their technical support sucks.

Shit hit the fan pretty bad for Sony because they pissed in the pool and got caught. But now they are issuing an apology blaming someone else for the splatter and thus elevated themselves to the jumping board. I despise inacountability and sleaziness which is oozing from Sony like never before. So as much as I tried to follow my Father’s first recommendation, I am now following the second.

Sony, you lost me as a customer.

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