Sony to slash smartphone workforce

Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by trevyn on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:04PM (#19533030)

I dunno, Sony has never really been very good at software. Look at the PS4 OS — it actually repeatedly warns you not to unplug the machine without “powering down” from the software first. Imagine if your phone didn’t have a reliable filesystem layer.

Now, Nintendo... that phone would be cool.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by scintill76 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:59PM (#19533504)

Maybe I don't know because I don't have a PS4, but aren't all operating systems like this? It's an optimization, holding some writes in RAM rather than immediately going to disk. The software needs to know you're powering off so that it can flush those first.

You can probably configure some OS's to disable this (so that if it looks idle you could pull the plug), but it seems like a fine choice for a PS4 that rarely needs to be powered off.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by dotancohen on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:28AM (#19535033)

Many people have written off Sony for software as far back as the rootkit fiasco. I love Sony hardware, but I would not trust them with software ever again.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by igi3ql on Sunday March 31, 2019 @08:21AM (#19535211)

Pretty broad brush for what is a company with dozens of departments.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by dotancohen on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:34AM (#19535492)

You are 100% correct. A single bad Apple using the Sony brand could spoil the whole bunch.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by zahrc on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:13PM (#19533065)

The Nintendo switch could’ve /would’ve been an even better device with apps.

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