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Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by w1ntermute on Monday November 14, 2011 @09:11PM (#3236644)
> But Sony rarely iterates, even when it's onto something good.

This is very interesting, considering that one of the core philosophies of Japanese business is kaizen, or continuous improvement.

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Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by ghc on Monday November 14, 2011 @09:36PM (#3236721)
Sony does iterate...the article is just ignorant. It used three different laptop lines to prove that Sony doesn't iterate. Walkman, Discman, PS controller and even the Z series laptop this talks about all were extensively iterated products. Now whether all iterations were good is another matter entirely...
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Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by DanBC on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @06:54AM (#3237909)
From the article I get the impression that there were large jumps between each version of the Z series - is that incorrect? Because, to me, iteration means small amounts of refinement to a product. The examples you give, especially the PlayStation controller, are excellent examples of small refinements to an existing product.
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