Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica and a new M?
From: "TSL" <eno22@enter.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:51:45 -0400

From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>

TSL wrote:

>I wonder if we care about Leica's rationality at all, though.  I never
think
>in terms of what the company Leica should do to survive, I don't know them.
>I only care that Leica be Leica! I want Leica stuff, and I don't care what
>benefits them I care about me and Leica - this ain't no LOG!  Or LEG! Or
>other affiliates its Users.  We don't need to be rational to the degree
that
>were shareholders, and this is  a reductionist idea and simplistic, but
they
>made us this way with the damn summicrons!
>eno (forgot how to spell Leica - though it was ie then looked at the other
>words around)

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But if Leica does not approach their business properly, when they are gone
the way of Zeiss-Ikon the only Leica stuff you'll get will be that made
prior to their going out of business sale.

Peter K

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Yeah, that's unfortunate, unfortunately.  If the sale was real cheap it
might not be so bad though... buy 10 R8's get one free.