I'd be surprised that Nikon would care so much about a relatively smaller player like Pentax. OTOH, I remember a couple of years ago, when the larger Canadian airlines were acquiring everything in sight, and if they couldn't buy a smaller airline, undercutting their fares so that the little guys were losing money and had no choice but to sell. I guess the thought is that by getting rid of the littler fish, eventually there will only be one or two big players, who can then beat each other's brains out, without fear of one of the smaller guys gaining a foothold in the market
If the big guys bash it out while the little guys are still healthy, a third or fourth player might gain market share. Of course, it didn't work out too well for Air Canada, who recently filed for bankruptcy protection... Then again, I don't know. Economics and Big Business have always baffled me. only a bike courier, frank Alan Chan wrote: > >There was a rumour that Nikon tried to steal as many CCDs as possible from > >Sony which was a deliberate attempt to crush *istD. This is a "rumour" but > >I tend to believe it as it is a common knowledge in Japan that N always > >interferes with Pentax. N's DSLR is really lagging behind and they might > >be > >a bit desperate? :-). > > Nikon must be really desperate if they needed to compete with Pentax DSLR. I > thought their rival was Canon. :-) > > regards, > Alan Chan > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
