Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31

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Subject: Re: Wetzlar/Solms Quality
From: "Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 16:57:45 -0700

On 31 Jul 97,  Marc James Small wrote:

<snip>

> Stephen, this simply isn't true:  the Leitz family, from EL I on, were
> dedicated to making money.  They were as profit-driven as any other
> businessman.  

Precisely! This may come as a surprise to those of you to whom profit is a 
dirty word, but making money, profiting and the desire to make the very 
best are not mutually exclusive endeavors.

In fact, more often than not, the making of the best will lead to profit. 
- --
Roger Beamon  
       Naturalist & Photographer
       Leica Historical Society Of America
       mailto:beamon@primenet.com
          
          Thought for the day:
      Dictatorship (n): a form of government under which everything 
      which is not prohibited is compulsory.