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>support vanished on a bunch of printers at the 32 to 64 bit transition

that was after the win16 to win32 transition when every single cutting edge tech Sony product I owned, many of them quite expensive (and designed for win98/winME because that was cutting edge), stopped working. I've never bought anything Sony since, and no regrets.

Some time later, Sony Pictures wanted something from me and I said, "I boycott Sony" and they said "we're a different company" and I said "change your trademark then, that's the whole point of trademark, reputation"



It was the rootkit on a CDROM that did it for me. Ever since then, I avoid Sony. As you say: reputation.




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