What is the point of saying they didn't get it, if you weren't suggesting that they could have got it?
John On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:43:33 +0100, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No what *you* say is rubblish and implication. I did not imply they lost > it. I stated they didn't get it. > > You're right maybe they would not have gotten much of it anyway. In any > case, Sony brought a 10MP DSLR to market before Pentax even tells us what > the specs are on their 10MP offering. > > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > >> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Japan DSLR Stats >> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:27:44 +0100 >> >> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:03:03 +0100, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > No market share is permanent. Let's just say the sales that >> represented >> > that 20% were not money in Pentax's pocket. I feel fairly safe in the >> > accuracy of that analysis. :-) >> >> Total rubbish, I'm afraid. If that money hadn't gone to Sony it >> wouldn't >> neccessarily have gone to Pentax, so you can't claim that they have lost >> it, which is the proposition implicit in your statement. >> >> John >> >> >> > >> > Tom C. >> > >> > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or >> > numbered." >> > >> > >> >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: Japan DSLR Stats >> >> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:13:22 -0400 >> >> >> >> Sony didn't exactly grab 20% market share, Sony bought it, or at >> least >> >> bought the potential, when it bought Konica-Minolta. Sony just built >> an >> >> improved-upgraded KM DSLR which with the Sony name gave them a short >> >> time blip. Will it last" I can't say. >> >> >> >> Tom C wrote: >> >> >> >> >Among other things it's bad when Sony breaks into the DLSR market >> and >> >> >immediately grabs over 20% market share when Pentax has been in the >> >> market >> >> >for 3 years and has a much smaller share. >> >> > >> >> >It means price wars are going to escalate resulting in lower profits >> >> for >> >> >all, but the bottom feeders will likely have the hardest time. >> >> > >> >> >When there's little or no profit left, incentive to make product A >> will >> >> >wain. When there's little or no incentive for camera maker X to >> >> compete >> >> in >> >> >the market, they will stop producing those products. >> >> > >> >> >It doesn't say anything about Pentax directly. >> >> > >> >> >I actually hope Pentax does well. What is rosy? Pentax is not >> Olympus. >> >> > >> >> >Tom C. >> >> > >> >> >"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed >> or >> >> >numbered." >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> >>Subject: Re: Japan DSLR Stats >> >> >>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:35:25 +0000 >> >> >> >> >> >>I don't know what you're huffing and puffing about. The article >> >> doesn't >> >> say >> >> >>anything about Pentax. It merely recounts Sony's success. I think >> >> Pentax >> >> >>can expect much of the same. The K10D looks like it go head-to-head >> >> with >> >> >>the Sony and may well prove superior. >> >> >>Paul >> >> >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> >> >>From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>An article depicting market events that, unfortunately, will >> likely >> >> >>>suppress the level of success Pentax might have otherwise realized >> >> had >> >> >>>they not sat on the pot for so long. >> >> >>>Makes me want to "skip" the K10D 'til I get a feel for the rate at >> >> >>>which they are falling behind the curve. (Just venting a little). >> >> >>> >> >> >>>Jack >> >> >>> >> >> >>>--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>>>Another article about Japan DSLR sales... pretty interesting. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >> >>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aLpc_JK1YEws&refer=japan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>Tom C. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, >> debriefed >> >> or >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>numbered." >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>>-- >> >> >>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> >>>>[email protected] >> >> >>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>__________________________________________________ >> >> >>>Do You Yahoo!? >> >> >>>Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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