Sony Memory Stick - RIP

Meryl Arbing said:

If Sony is trying to monopolize the market I would suggest that it
isn't doing a very good job at it. Announcement about Memorysticks
only effect those people who own Sony cameras and nobody else but,
it appears, it is those non-Sony owners who are the most upset.
Why? It shouldn't effect them at all! If they never buy a Sony
camera, then they need never touch a Memorystick in thier lives!

However, if they want a Sony camera because of the features and
image quality that they produce then they are going to use a
Memorystick. The Contax TVS Digital uses the MMC card and, if I
wanted to buy that camera, I would also buy those memory cards. I
have never used an MMC in my life but, I would if I wanted to use
that Contax Digital. If I bought a Nikon, I would have to buy CF
cards even though I have nothing else in the world that a CF Card
would work in. Sure, I have my choice of Lexar, San Disk or any of
the other smaller makers but, in the end, I'm simply going to buy
what fits in my camera no matter what the format.

The other companies didn't go with CF Cards out of a sense of duty
to the public but because they really didn't have much choice.
They didn't have the facilities to produce thier own memorycards
and had to use CF.

Jason Busch said:

Rodger,

If Sony is not trying to monopolize the memory market and keep
their customers so that they only buy SONY ONLY, then why haven't
they implemented CF in their cameras?

Especially with the 717.

Any free-market digital camera manufacturer puts CF in their
cameras, because it's more versatile and flexabile this way.
Olympus lied to everyone that SmartMedia was the end-all in
technology, and so has Sony. These two manufacturers make me sick.
Sony just makes me puke when it comes to memory-required devices.
Olympus at least allowed CF & SM in their prosumer cameras.

Sony Fans will fight to the death even in the midst of obvious
defeat. It's just one of those things. Kind of like a woman who has
nothing else going for her other than looks and popularity. She
could be the dumbest woman on the planet and the most inconvenient
and inconsiderate woman ever, but some guys will just love the gal
and defend her to the death.

Well, go for it Sony Fans. You have the most inconsiderate and dumb
woman in town.

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Rich Gibson said:

Meryl,
See my other post about Sony. It's not about digital photography.
Their long-term strategy is to exploit thier ownership of much of
the world's music copyright and thereby limit ripping CDs. By
using a smart chip you will have to pay every time you want to move
the tracks to other media. The entertainment industry is at least
supportive, if not backing Sony directly. They win, we lose and
the traditional concept of a "book" nature of information gets
trashed. Up till now, if you wanted to get rid of a book you could
sell it or give it away, transferring ownership, so long as only
one entity uses it at a time and the seller does not retain a copy.
The same with software.

With the new intellectual property rights model the owner gets to
control the media and the transfers. Smart chips play right into
this scheme.

That is the sole reason I personally avoid Sony digital products.
Actually they make very nice, full-featured stuff. They're just
greedy like Microsoft...they want everything.

Rich

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Tim Lauro said:

oh...and the fact that my next cam won't take the memory sticks of
today...big hairy deal....NOT. who cares. I won't take my old 20gb
drive and put it in my new PC either. again, things improve and
life goes on.

for those that cry about the costs involved...the costs are minimal
and if you can't afford the toys...then don't play.

tim martin said:

johnd1 said:

Hey Jack Off,
Whats your interest in memsticks anyway?
John

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Normally I wouldn't rub it in, but, if you are going to be insulting
others...

It must be difficult for you to see others gloating on the good
fortune of their smart decisions while you look at your old
Memory Sticks that won't work in the new Sony cameras.

In addition to not working in non-Sony cameras.

In fact, if one day your current Sony camera stops working, and
you don't get it fixed, then you might as well just throw your
old Memory Sticks in the trash, because they won't work in anything
you can buy. Unless you shop around for an old, used, Sony
camera.

CF cards though, that's a different story.

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