On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:30 AM, eckinator wrote: > 2010/4/30 Graydon <gray...@marost.ca>: >> >> As a camera company, the only thing Pentax has to sell is a particular >> aesthetic. (The "good small primes" thing is a part of the aesthetic. >> So are the specifics of the in-camera image rendering.) > > Apple was at this point as a computer maker several times throughout > their company history after they'd run out of killer apps. They made a > monster comeback and have been responsible for some of the most > annoying trends in the world such as making rich idiots buy janitor > mobile colored Ferraris and the like plus everyone thinks having their > products is exclusive and so on and so fort... may Pentax should look > to them for lessons to be learned > Cheers > Ecke > Of course Apple did it with innovation as well. The first practical GUI interface, a music player that actually worked and a library to go with it, and a phone that was truly smarter than the herd. Exclusivity and product appeal aren't enough. There has to be something real behind the veneer.
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