On Sep 28, 2011, at 13:29 , Dario Bonazza wrote: > Steve Harley wrote: > >> i expect soon someone will embed a pluggable operating system (e.g. Android >> or WebOS) into a quality m43 or similar camera, and the higher-end camera >> market will never be the same after that > > That would be a stroke of genius for Pentax, in order to get quickly a much > stronger presence on the market without having to invest resources they don't > have. However, a single move leads to nowhere, as we know many clever ideas > were implemented first by Pentax only to be exploited by others. > If you make an excellent product, and then almost no one is aware, and those > few can hardly find in on the market, you'd better go fishing. A clever idea > such the one above must be backed up by proper manufacturing capability, a > trustable system (complete enough and not prone to have too many sales to > come back for servicing) and a strong marketing strategy targeting stores as > much as customers. If store chains are willing to buy Pentax products, then > they will help a lot in selling them.
Sounds like an invitation to a "Blue Screen of Death" in our 3" LCD to me. And Nikon Virii. Joseph McAllister [email protected] http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

