Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD Wadda ya mean "forgetting"? He clearly stated Hermes as the current acquirer. Jerry "B. D. Colen" wrote: > Aren't we forgetting that Leica has already been merged/acquired once - > by the scarf and handbag people.... ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank > Filippone > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:29 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Digital M > > A corporate merger or acquisition would save Leica. Who is interested > in a niche market player in an area that is changing tremendously away > from the > market niche? Hasselblad is now owned by a foreign conglomerate / > distributor. They were in my opinion, much more mainstream than Leica. > A > takeover would be interesting, but I foresee that like Hermes, the > acquirer will be interested in the name, not throwing $$$ at the company > to make it viable. > > Back to my ideas..... Outsourcing digital bodies and offering Leica > glass for Nikon and Canon and Minolta and, and, and bodies. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html