I also think the writer is more or less clueless to whit... > Pentax doesn't seem to do anything else that's likely to interest > Microsoft. It dabbles in the medical field, I thought Pentax was a farely big player in endosocpes. They have/had an entire division dedicated to them. Dabbling implies a less than serious commitment to an endeavor.
Mark Roberts wrote: > Bong Manayon wrote: > >> How about this? >> >> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6076650.html >> > > And this: > http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/05/13/why-does-microsoft-want-pentaxs-patents > > For small hand held devices, like Microsoft's "Zune" media player, > adding a camera is a natural progression. And the ultra-compact > (patented) horizontally-sliding lens from Pentax's "Altoids tin" > Optios would be just the ticket. > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.