Hi Gregory,
Thanks for making my point better than I did!
Greetings from a Boilermaker,
Boz
> Keith Whaley said:
> > If they did, why ever would they tell you? Or, if you want, us?
"Gregory L. Hansen" wrote:
>
> Because a broad business strategy usually isn't sensitive information.
> Everyone already knows they make cameras! Because it's the sort of thing
> that investors will want to know about. Because it could reassure
> current Pentax users that are threatening to jump to Nikon when FAJ
> lenses are introduced. Because it could encourage manufacturers of
> third-party equipment, and a large pool of third-party equipment does
> make a brand more attractive to new customers despite some possible lost
> sales of lenses and accessories. Because if they have professionals in
> mind they could start building awareness of their brand. All it might
> take is for some rag like Business Week to interview a corporate officer.
>
> Specific products and launch dates can be sensitive. But which direction
> you want to take the business is the sort of thing that's usually pretty
> public, or at least the sort of thing that doesn't matter much to
> competitors. What would Canon do if they learned Pentax was going to
> release IS lenses, produce some of their own? Try harder to make their
> lenses better? Come on...
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