I use vi -Adam Always the odd one out.
Tom C wrote: > It'll likely be a matter of attrition. What % of people here use > WordPerfect as opposed to MS Word? > > I'll bet it's a 5/95 ratio if not higher. Not too different from where > Pentax stands in the market, despite some recent relative success with the > K10D. > > Your suppositions are probably correct. When I say done for, I'm not > predicting when... I'm saying that inevitable market forces will finally > take their toll, unless something changes quickly. > > Tom C. > > > >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:20:34 -0400 >> >> Why? Pentax has never been a player in the Pro 35mm market. Not being >> one now will make little difference. >> >> I expect to see them bring out a body above the K10D within the next 6 >> months, or a K10D 'successor' that is little more than the new Sony 12MP >> sensor and a new shutter in the K10D body, perhaps with a higher >> framerate. I don't expect to see a Pentax body above the $1300 or so >> price point. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> Tom C wrote: >>> LOL. You're not breaking it to me. I was being kind. :-) >>> >>> Pentax has a slim chance yet to recover. If they blow it in the next 6 >> - 12 >>> months though, I susect they are done for. >>> >>> Tom C. >>> >>> >>>> From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>>> To: "pdml" <pdml@pdml.net> >>>> Subject: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >>>> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:59:17 -0400 >>>> >>>> I hate to break it to you, but in the USA, Pentax *is* a "2nd tier >> camera >>>> company". The company hasn't released a truly professional system >> camera >>>> here (or anywhere, actually) since the LX. The current high-end Pentax >>>> lens >>>> selection is miniscule compared to Canon and Nikon. Pentax does not >>>> provide >>>> the kind of professional support that Canon and Nikon do at major >> sporting >>>> events. Pentax products lack presence on store shelves in the USA. >> Etc. >>>> Tom C wrote: >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "John Sessoms" >>>>>> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under >> NDA) >>>> ? >>>>>>> If memory serves the other two are an over-priced Nissan and an >>>>>>> over-priced Honda. >>>>>>> >>>>>> I guess that depends on what your personal comfort is worth. >>>>>> >>>>>> William Robb >>>>>> >>>>> My analogy was not about price, it was about image, prestige, >>>>> perception in the market place. Sure a FF DSLR will cost more >>>>> than one with an APS-C size sensor. If the Canons, Nikon's, >>>>> Sony's of the world offer FF DSLR's, then Pentax must also. >>>>> If they do not, they will relegate themselves to a 2nd >>>>> tier camera company, and it doesn't matter who loves their >>>>> camera, or how much it satisfies their current needs. >>>>> >>>>> Tom C. >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
