On February 28, 2003 04:43 pm, Tom Davis wrote:
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> There are always problems with analogies. Pentax is not exactly a "small"
> company. Digital imaging does, indeed, have analogues to digital sound
> reproduction: the company that is able to best translate its own cutting
> edge imaging research into a mass-market product WILL be able to provide
> the best options for someone who's not simply nostalgic. Among the
> traditional "photographic" companies, Canon is the only one with the
> promise and the achievement of such vertical integration.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Will Canon suffer from the "not invented
here" ? For a long time Apple was either the largest single producer of
computers or second in the world. Apples costs were higher then everybody
else since they always had to invent everything in house instead of buying
off the shelf like the PC companies.
Nick
