That's not supported by the numbers I've seen. Like most of the financial information posted here, ti's a wild ass guess. Paul On May 22, 2007, at 6:30 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 23/05/07, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You were saying then that Pentax couldn't make money as a camaera >> maker. >> Well, guess what, you were wrong. >> The present situation is totally different. Hoya has come along >> with a >> good offer for Pentax because it thinks the medical business is >> complementary to what it is doing, and has made an offer which Sparxx >> thinks is too good to pass up. > > They lost more money in two years than they would have made up in five > even at their recently projected profit forecasts, that's called just > getting by and whether you believe it or not obviously the market > perception was such. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > 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