One word to describe Samsungs actions Unethical.
This reminds me somehow of when Apple was fixing the reception bars to show more coverage than there actually were on the iPhones.
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Samsung's antics are hardly contained to smartphones & tablets either.
"Ethics" in Asia are not the same as the rest of the industrialized world. While I can't speak for Korean ethics, I've had dealings in other Asian countries where business ethics are really more like guidelines, elastic ones at that. I wouldn't be surprised if the execs who sanctioned this behavior on Samsung's part don't even understand that it was wrong.
Big Tobacco in the USA is of course a shining example of the West's greater moral values /sarcasm
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Ethics" in Asia are not the same as the rest of the industrialized world. While I can't speak for Korean ethics, I've had dealings in other Asian countries where business ethics are really more like guidelines, elastic ones at that. I wouldn't be surprised if the execs who sanctioned this behavior on Samsung's part don't even understand that it was wrong.
Big Tobacco in the USA is of course a shining example of the West's greater moral values /sarcasm
Microsoft
Monsanto
Exxon
and so on...
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#124..in taiwan against HTC
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
You decide.. https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=infoman The domain was registered one day after the HN account was registered, first post wasn't made for 14 days (aka. when the username no longer appears in green). In his defence, if he is a shill, he's not very good at it. Edit: hnsearch picked up a hellbanned post (it should appear on the front page, but it doesn't) at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=55…
Looks like a bot that programmatically shovels trendy topical matter from RSS into HN. The submission and article headlines are identical, down to the curly quotes - smells of automation to me.
Bookmarklet.
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#126Re: Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web
#127One word to describe Samsungs actions Unethical. This reminds me somehow of when Apple was fixing the reception bars to show more coverage than there actually were on the iPhones.
It was the other way around: Apple fixed the reception indicator to reflect coverage more accurately.
“We were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. [...] To fix this, we are adopting AT&T’s recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone’s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see. We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.”
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/02Letter-from-Apple-...
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Companies who are leaders in their industry do not usually need to do this. I've heard of it happening at smaller organizations or sole proprietorships (small business), but it is strange to see from a company as large as Samsung. What's important is how high up the chain this was sanctioned by. If it's a lowly manager somewhere, he/she will just get fired and this will all blow over. If it's right at the top, it's m…
Samsung's IP theft issues would lead me to believe that their credo is "whatever it takes to win" and this kind of behavior isn't out of line with their track record.
> Samsung's IP theft issues
While this is definitely super-scummy and nasty behaviour from Samsung, it's hard to take any comment seriously when it uses such a flawed new-speak phrase like "IP theft".
Even more so when it tries to gain substance by referring to Samsung as the bad guy when "violating" (or "stealing" lol) Apple's rounded rectangle patents.
Apple has their bullshit software patents constantly invalidated everywhere in the world except the US. Good thing Samsung footed the legal bill to make that happen.
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Haha fair call. I actually misread and it's listed as the 2nd biggest shipbuilder. Still, people tend to be surprised as typically when I think 'Samsung', I imagine TVs, phones and laptops.
Samsung are also involved in building processing, rail and port infrastructure for Australia's Iron Ore region. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/samsung-c-t-wins-a-...
Not to forget Samsung Artillery.
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#130Much of their fluffy positive press in the last few months has the scent of astroturf, too.