Post by Hakaisha on Oct 11, 2005 19:10:53 GMT -5
someone by the name of Howard Stringer is going to be Sony's new Chairman and CEO now he owns both Sony's the one in US and the one in Japan.
Here is what some people said about this:
"sony's screwed"
"i hope that guy makes sony psp ocme faster to europe i cant wait!!"
"after i get my psp & ps3, i think sony will be off my product list...sonys screwed..."
"....... you reckon he's American?
SIR Howard Stringer doesn't sound like the name of an American to me. Sir Willy Gates might feel he's missing out on something!"
"Nope, even though he's the head of Sony Corporation of America, Stringer is actually from Wales."
"Stringer is a bean-counter who did most of his career in the media division. Sony's core electronics business is failing because it hasn't invested enough in new technologies like plasma or LCD, probably because their management was distracted by the glamour of their media side. Also, the media business forces the hardware side to cripple their products with extensive DRM, which makes them even less attractive to consumers.
Translation: Sony is indeed screwed. The sad thing is, this will confirm Japanese prefudices about non-Japanese executives, that Ghosn had begun to change."
"What I really wonder is what the Japanese people think about this. I know they find caucasians fascinating to a certain extent, but I wonder if they're gonna like having one of them running an iconic company like Sony..."
"Forget Sony and Japan. South Korea is the new Japan."
"He is british so there is hope that Sony will keep some level of corporate culture(not the artificial marketing one), therefore still has a future ;-)"
Zarp: "I hate this ";-)" "
"Although born in Cardiff, and thus a cave dwelling troglodyte, Stringer has actually been an American citizen since 1985. He even served in 'Nam -- which I guess makes him a proper American..."
Here is what some people said about this:
"sony's screwed"
"i hope that guy makes sony psp ocme faster to europe i cant wait!!"
"after i get my psp & ps3, i think sony will be off my product list...sonys screwed..."
"....... you reckon he's American?
SIR Howard Stringer doesn't sound like the name of an American to me. Sir Willy Gates might feel he's missing out on something!""Nope, even though he's the head of Sony Corporation of America, Stringer is actually from Wales."
"Stringer is a bean-counter who did most of his career in the media division. Sony's core electronics business is failing because it hasn't invested enough in new technologies like plasma or LCD, probably because their management was distracted by the glamour of their media side. Also, the media business forces the hardware side to cripple their products with extensive DRM, which makes them even less attractive to consumers.
Translation: Sony is indeed screwed. The sad thing is, this will confirm Japanese prefudices about non-Japanese executives, that Ghosn had begun to change."
"What I really wonder is what the Japanese people think about this. I know they find caucasians fascinating to a certain extent, but I wonder if they're gonna like having one of them running an iconic company like Sony..."
"Forget Sony and Japan. South Korea is the new Japan."
"He is british so there is hope that Sony will keep some level of corporate culture(not the artificial marketing one), therefore still has a future ;-)"
Zarp: "I hate this ";-)" "
"Although born in Cardiff, and thus a cave dwelling troglodyte, Stringer has actually been an American citizen since 1985. He even served in 'Nam -- which I guess makes him a proper American..."
