>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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
