Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Dan Scott
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 06:35 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: P Temmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Minolta + Konica = MONICA?? Man, there's a really tastless joke waiting to be made there. Fortunately I have enought willpower to restrain myself... -- Mark Roberts Now that really

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Peter Alling
This brings up a horrible joke, best not go there. At 02:53 AM 1/8/2003 -0800, you wrote: Minolta + Konica = MONICA?? Pat Temmerman [MZ3_fella] ___ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com Outside of a dog, a book is man's

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Peter Alling
Damn and here I restrained myself. At 08:56 AM 1/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 06:35 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: P Temmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Minolta + Konica = MONICA?? Man, there's a really tastless joke waiting to be made there. Fortunately I have

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Feroze Kistan
best not to go down where? - Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Minolta and Konica to merge This brings up a horrible joke, best not go there. At 02:53 AM 1/8/2003 -0800, you wrote

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Dan Scott Subject: Re: Minolta and Konica to merge Down where, indeed. This this whole is thread is in poor taste-if I were y'all, I'd refuse to swallow any of it. Whats that drooling off yer chin, Dan? AHR WW

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Dan Scott
On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:30 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Dan Scott Subject: Re: Minolta and Konica to merge Down where, indeed. This this whole is thread is in poor taste-if I were y'all, I'd refuse to swallow any of it. Whats that drooling off

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Peter Alling
Now that was good. At 12:51 AM 1/9/2003 +0200, you wrote: best not to go down where? - Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Minolta and Konica to merge This brings up a horrible joke, best

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Peter Alling
This get's better and better. At 08:27 PM 1/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 04:51 PM, Feroze Kistan wrote: best not to go down where? - Original Message - From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] This brings up a horrible joke, best not go there. At 02:53 AM

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-08 Thread Peter Alling
You sure you wanted to say that? At 10:12 PM 1/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:30 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Dan Scott Subject: Re: Minolta and Konica to merge Down where, indeed. This this whole is thread is in poor taste

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-07 Thread Bob Rapp
I wonder if this merger will have the same negative results of some of the previous mergers? Unisys, HP and many defunct others. Bob - Original Message - From: Mike Johnston Thought this news item today was of general interest: Dow Jones Business News Konica, Minolta Confirm In

Re: Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-07 Thread Peter Alling
Unisys had no synergy, the sum was less than the parts. HP is doing relatively well after having absorbed Compaq. At 09:15 PM 1/7/2003 +1100, you wrote: I wonder if this merger will have the same negative results of some of the previous mergers? Unisys, HP and many defunct others. Bob -

Minolta and Konica to merge

2003-01-06 Thread Mike Johnston
Thought this news item today was of general interest: Dow Jones Business News Konica, Minolta Confirm In Talks Over Operations Merger Monday January 6, 7:44 pm ET TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Konica Corp. (J.KNC or 4902) and Minolta Corp. (J.MNO or 7753) are in talks aimed at an integration of their