On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:22:30 AM Brian May wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 at 19:33 Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
Now the question is what vendor do I use for my next Laptop? I think that Lenovo has demonstrated that they can't be trusted.
Lenovo in their official statement say that "Think-brand PCs are unaffected." and "The software does not come loaded on any Think-branded PCs."
But the people who thought it was a good idea were involved with the Think branded PCs.
http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2013
Which presumably means all Thinkpads are OK.
Still, they seem intent on destroying their Lenovo brand name reputation however.
Yes.
I don't think they appreciate that dodgyness on their cheap range of laptops can also affect their reputation for the more expensive laptops, even if the production is entirely separate.
Giving customers a choice is a good thing. Daimler AG owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart. I don't think that will bother Mercedes customers as long as they don't do a Pinto. If they ever do a Pinto with Smart cars then Mercedes customers will probably get concerned. Lenovo has just done a Pinto. That doesn't mean that they should be distrusted forever (Ford has been making decent cars in recent times) but we should be more sceptical of them for the next decade or so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_tank_controversy It's interesting to note that the Pinto Wikipedia page says that probably not so many people died because of it. I presume that some people will start saying similar things about Lenovo soon enough, not many PCs were hacked and not many identities were stolen so their unethical behavior is no big deal. :-# -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/