Paal,
You mean that Pentax invent IS and eye control technology and then sell
to Canon? Sorry to ask this as I am surprising.
Ronachai
>I believe you're right in the first part but the conclusions about
>technology is somewhat premature. I understand there has been quite a
>change at the top level at Pentax and have gotten the impression that where
>the older board was prone to selling the patents to Canon the new board is
>not. I've heard that the new restructuring program imply that Asahi
>technology will be destilled down to the Pentax customers to a larger
>extent than previously. All this is rather vague due to the nature of these
>things but many people believe this is the case. Its also apparent that the
>licensing of technology for short term profit has hurt the brand value -
>Pentax marketed IS and eye-cntrol would have benefited the Pentax name more
>than licensing (or selling?) it to Canon. Something needs to be done with
>this aspect and Pentax have recently announced that increasing the brand
>value and recognition has a strong priority.
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>P�l
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