Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] RE: God, no Canon vs. Nikon...
From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:58:41 -0700

On 30 Nov 99, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote, at least in part:

> Not true.  Nikon was a larger company than Canon when the AF mounts
> were being changed.  Minolta changed theirs, Canon followed, but
> Nikon opted to be stubborn.  Sometimes a bigger company with money
> does not yield foresight. These are the reasons Canon is now a
> larger company.

I think Joe meant that the total corporation named Canon was 
larger, Peter. It still remains so, not? Canon, I'm sure, makes far 
more on office equipment such as photocopiers etc. than on the 
optical equipment.

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Roger
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