Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Explanation high production cost
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:02:37 -0400

At 10:10 PM 4/15/98 +0800, Ray Tai wrote:
>I don't think you can blame the alledged destruction of the German
>photographic industry on any "unfair" Japanese "system" of competition,
>unless developing high quality, professional, innovative cameras and
>lens at reasonable prices is considered "unfair". 

Or unless you happen to believe, as I do, that the outright theft of Zeiss,
Leitz, and Franke & Heidecke patents without permission or payment was
"unfair".

Marc


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