Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What ever happened to the good old days when we knocked lawyers? Roland Smith CPA - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 8:33 AM Subject: [Leica] Und so weiter > > > > (I am old enough to recall HP-3!) Kodak has been > > most anxious to dump all fibre-based papers, and Ilford has kept producing > > them. Und so weiter. > > > Sadly too true. The reality is probably that bean-counters infest all > companies these days, and long-established, well-beloved products are > vulnerable to their sales figures. I *do* think Ilford has a proclivity to > replace or substantially modify many of their main products after a run of a > decade or so, or at any rate it has done so several times to my annoyance. > How long was the original Delta 400 on the market, anyone remember? I > beta-tested some prior to 1992, but I don't recall exactly when. > > --Mike > >