Absolutely true! Note that I used the term, "tech. merge"..IOW, a joint effort.
Jack --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The two companies are not merging just co-operating. Quite some time > > ago I worked for a company that had a strategic alliance with a large > > Japanese firm. It lasted for one project, especially after one of > our > security people caught one of their engineers nosing around in our > files. These agreements can be formal or very informal and they last > > only as long as both parties want them to. > > Mark Stringer wrote: > > > Will the two eventually become Pentax-Samsung or will it become > > Samsung-Pentax? Sort of in the ChevronTexaco ExxonMobil > arrangement. > > i.e. who will buy who. Who is most vulnerable? > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:09 PM > > Subject: Re: Pentax/Samsung > > > > > >> Sony. > >> > >> Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >>> I suspect Pentax, at least through the "L" series, will be > Rebel's D > >>> competition. Pentax only in a few cases. > >>> Seems all major dept. stores, with an electronics dept, shows at > least > >>> one version of the Rebel cabled to the counter. > >>> I wish I didn't carry the long standing impression of Samsung as > a > >>> supplier of "cheap" products. My sense is they're saying,.."go > ahead > >>> and take a chance, after all, you're not investing much". Can't > shake > >>> it. > >>> Have to say, this tech merge doesn't surprise me in the least. > Logical > >>> market oriented price fit. > >>> Who is building the current Pentax sensor? > >>> > >>> Jack > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine > >>> Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and > shout). > >> > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
