Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A rant on Leica marketing
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:44:09 -0700
References: <81.3b6293.26e3ddb8@aol.com>
 
Joe, 

For hours of fun just forward this to Mark J. Small ;-)

Dennis

Krechtz@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 9/3/00 4:13:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de writes:
> 
> << But don't forget that almost the entire German optical industry, at
>  least the part catering for the mass market, went down the drain,
>  because of patriachic (patriachalic?) management, ignoring modern
>  management tools and of course marketing.
>   >>
> 
> Didn't the US give the Japanese a serious boost by handing over the Zeiss
> patents after WWII?  That probably helped kill the US optical industry as we
> knew it, as well.  Any help from historians available on this point?
> 
> Joe Sobel
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