> > From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But as I said, in this fiercely competitive business with two giants > dominating the market, I guess we should celebrate that Pentax is now > shielded from uncertainties ;-).
Don't you believe it. Classic example; two local breweries were taken over by conglomerates. Neither was unprofitable. After five years or so, both were closed down and the sites sold for development. The recipes were sold to other breweries. (The only ray of hope) One brewery was making about £60million/pa, the other (more a very large microbrewery) was about £6million. Over 900 people rendered unemployed. The reason given? Neither was making "enough" profit. Pentax is wholly at the mercy of beancounters with this move. Not that it has much choice, probably. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
