I have one very speculative scenario. Let us say that Hoya are not as strong as they seem to be, and are in need of money on a longer term. Let us say that they see the giant Samsung as a way to get some long term investments. We know that Samsung has invested in K-mount. Whats the logic thing to do then? The answer could be to shake up Pentax, and then buy them. Why? Because then Samsung will protect their interests in the K-mount. How? By throwing money at Hoya Pentax. We could say that Hoya are playing with Samsungs balls now ;-)
As I said. This is a very speculative theory. But it does make Samsung a player. Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too "censoristic" but... As long as we're speculating ... On 5/22/07, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hoya has probably (we don't know this for a fact) said something about the > image division not being very strong, because they have to go outside the > company for electronics. ... So could Samsung be a player in this? They're certainly strong enough in electronics (biggest RAM manufacturer on Earth last time I saw the numbers, lots of other chip-level products including complex ones like Alpha processors) and they have an interest; many (all?) of their cameras are re-badged Pentax designs. Having Hoya wipe out that division, if that is their plan, might really hurt Samsung. Would Samsung buy it instead? I think Samsung are big enough to buy the Pentax camera division out of petty cash, or to buy all of Hoya if they really wanted to. -- Sandy Harris Quanzhou, Fujian, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/814 - Release Date: 21.05.2007 14:01 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
