[Leica] The End of The "M"

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

World-class name is quite obviously a name that only a rich person can
afford - or the name of an obsolete product. Aren't we all, after all,
weeping over the demise of Underwood?!


On 6/8/05 8:30 PM, "Dennis Painter" <dennis@hale-pohaku.com> wrote:

> LOL? that's it BD? that's the best you can do with this one? I expected 
> more
> ;-)
> 
> What is a "...world-class name..." anyway?
> 
> How is a "world-class name" determined? Is there some entity that anoints a
> product
> with the appellation "world-class"?
> 
> 
> 
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
>> LOL!
>> 
>> On 6/8/05 4:39 PM, "Thinkofcole@aol.com" <Thinkofcole@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> If the Rolex, Patek-Philippe, Rolls-Royce, Harley-Davidson, Smith  & 
>>> Wesson
>>> and who knows how many other world-class names were to  disappear at
>>> midnight,
>>> along with the Stromberg-Carlsons, Duesenbergs, Parker  51s, Bolexes,
>>> Singers,
>>> Underwoods and who knows how many other household names,  every one would
>>> still a big deal to knowledgeable consumers around the  world and so it 
>>> will
>>> be
>>> the Leica M. Period. End of discussion. --bob  cole
>>> 
> 
> 
> 
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