Otis Wright, Jr. wrote: > I tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume that if it made > business sense, they'd produce one. I suspect their assessment of the > market potential based on what they can afford to invest just doesn't > stack up against other opportunities. Hard to fault them for that. I > have the sense that the amount of capital a co. has to put at risk to > stay in some of these high tech markets is rising faster than the > potential market putting some of the new product programs in the > bet-your-badge category for execs who don't like to be put in that > position. Anyone looked at the cost to set up a new chip > manufacturing facility. Mind boggling. >
There's no need for in house fab to build a DSLR. eg. Nikon? I fear that we've just gotten away from Pentax's competencies. -R
