Pentax is being forced to sell out to Hoya by the Japanese equivalent of a Corporate Raider brought in as a White Knight, after they began to turn their Camera Business around. That seems to be the exact opposite of what Herb was predicting.
Tom C wrote: >> On 21/05/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I'm just tired of all those who spend so much time watching the sky >>> to see if it's falling. If I were inclined to dump my Pentax gear, I >>> would do it now. But I'm not going to. It works quite well, thank >>> you. A yawn is appropriate. >>> >> Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> It's not really, this is a conversation about Pentax on a Pentax >> discussion list. Try to exercise just a little empathy, granted >> Pentax's future is not entirely clear at the moment. However consider >> for just a moment that some others here may not be made of money and >> may have had to save and sacrifice to buy into the Pentax system and >> as such are simply concerned that it may not have a future. Surely >> scenarios are worth discussion. >> > > Remember Rob. This is America, where one has the freedom to suppress > other's freedom of speech if they don't like it. And the one who shouts > longest and hardest wins. > > It is a Pentax list and Pentax is being discussed. Nobody has ever > suggested dumping Pentax gear except the guys that are also saying they're > not going to dump it. > > I wasn't ever going to say this, but I guess I will now. For all those that > have been ridiculing the so-called Chicken Littles on the list who are > supposedly claiming the sky is falling by discussing Pentax's financial > condition in comparison with the industry... > > Well, guess what? The sky IS falling. Two or more years ago those taunts > were voiced when Herb (who has in depth knowledge of the camera industry > financials), Rob Studdert, and myself were discussing Pentax's future. At > that time we suggested the outlook wasn't good and if things didn't change, > Pentax was possibly headed the same way as companies like Contax, Ricoh, or > Minolta. We suggested that they good possibly either cease to exist or that > they may be acquired or taken over. None of us knew what was going to > happen and none of us outright predicted what would happen. There was no > prescience. > > So a scenario quite similar to what we were talking about two years ago is > now taking place, has been in progress for the last 6 months or so, and is > in the front page Japanese financial news. And what's happening? There's > still folks on this list that are spouting the same "Chicken Little", "Sky > is falling" rhetoric as they were two years ago (hoping to sqaush > discussion) before Pentax penned a deal with Samsung, and before rumors and > news of a Hoya/Pentax merger. > > I rest my case. > > Tom C. > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
