Tom, It's about money for sure, but lots of those financial engineers have learned that survival is about Brands and quality. Regards, Bob S.
On 12/22/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agreed. I won't make any prediction about what will happen in the future. > > Whatever happens will be about money and not about the desirable atrributes > of the Pentax brand or it's legacy. > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: Re: Hoya - Pentax Merger? > >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:51:34 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > But as I said, in this fiercely competitive business with two giants > > > dominating the market, I guess we should celebrate that Pentax is now > > > shielded from uncertainties ;-). > > > >Don't you believe it. Classic example; two local breweries were taken over > >by conglomerates. Neither was unprofitable. After five years or so, both > >were closed down and the sites sold for development. The recipes were sold > >to other breweries. (The only ray of hope) One brewery was making about > >£60million/pa, the other (more a very large microbrewery) was about > >£6million. Over 900 people rendered unemployed. The reason given? > >Neither was making "enough" profit. > > > >Pentax is wholly at the mercy of beancounters with this move. Not that it > >has much choice, probably. > > > > > >----------------------------------------- > >Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > >Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > >Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
