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Originally Posted by Stuart
While I wouldn't put it past VM to do that, they aren't actually denying there is any problem. On the contrary, they are rushing a new version of the firmware in an apparent effort to fix the problem you seem to think they are denying.
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Furthur to the above, I don't think VM are likely to do anymore than they have. Everyone appears to want a public announcement that there is a problem.
If they do that, they run the risk of repeating the Ratner situation. Remember that? Gerald Ratner said that their products were crap. Sales fell through the floor and the Ratner's chain (and subsidaries) were later sold off for a fraction of what they were worth before the comments.
The problem would be (as it was with the comments mentioned above) is that the media will take the announcement and turn it into a story that gives people the impression the whole service is crap. Particularly, I suspect, the Murdoch-owned section of the press.