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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
Definitely a big step forward for Sony. But to succeed they must offer cross-platform compatibility. It should not be too difficult for giant Sony to hire a couple of computer science geeks who'd port the CONNECT Reader Software to Mac OS, Linux and other OS platforms.
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Given how much of a disaster the CONNECT software has been so far, I wouldn't place bets on that. Sony has never been a player in the Mac market, notwithstanding Final Cut Pro's last upgrade. Depending on how the original was coded (and Sony does not own it, iirc) porting to a different platform could be major pain for a small market segment.
What destroyed Sony most was becoming a content provider. The original motivation was to be able to push proprietary media products by having the content without having to negotiate for it, but now the tail is wagging the dog. Sony doesn't think like a consumer electronics company, they think like a copyright owner. They don't think like customers, they think like marketing managers. Today they can't even manage their way out of a wet paper bag - PS3 and Reader delays just don't stop coming - and for a company of Sony's history they inability to ship a flagship product is an embarrasment.