Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola-Yaesu
n7zef wrote: > Motorola's > philosophy has always been if you can't compete against it, buy it. And microsoft's philosphy has added: If you can't buy it, steal it! (Actually they usually leave out the 'buy' step.) -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola/Yaesu
Sorry. I did not receive it for some reason. R. D. Reese WA8DBW - Original Message - From: Richard To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:28 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola/Yaesu .
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola/Yaesu
Somebody already posted this 14 hours ago. Richard, N7TGB _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Reese Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:53 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola/Yaesu Received this from a friend that works for Motorola. Motorola USA has announced its intention to launch a tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co, Ltd. Vertex Standard is the parent company of Yaesu. Motorola will own 80 percent of Vertex Standard; Tokogiken, a privately held Japanese company, controlled by current president and CEO of Vertex Standard Jun Hasegawa, will retain 20 percent, forming a joint venture. The total purchase price for 80 percent of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis will be approximately US $108 million. R. D. Reese WA8DBW
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Motorola-Yaesu
* n7zef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Nov 05 18:30 -0600]: > This is from a friend who has worked for the motorola people from years > agowhen there was company shops. He works in communications for the RR > locally... > > > Probably be known as Mo-junk! > > Kenwood is kicking everyone's ass on the commercial front. While I shy away from Kenwood's ham radio offerings, our company has been buying their commercial stuff for a few years now and it's rugged and reliable. I'll be installing Kenwood for my own commercial system as the narrowband deadline draws near. > It'll be > interesting to see who still stands once the narrow band stuff comes > around > on the commercial side in 2012. Motorola bought one of the best > digital > microwave radio companies when the bought out Orthogon. Motorola's > philosophy has always been if you can't compete against it, buy it. There was another aquisition I wasn't thrilled to hear about. The company I work for has a large installed base of Orthogon radios that we've installed over the past three years. Now they're Motos. Time will tell. That said, I'm a huge fan of the MSR2000, they just keep on ticking. 73, de Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @| a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org
