Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Impressions from the Leica Day
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Jun 25 05:50:27 2005
References: <6.2.1.2.2.20050624124340.04b8b840@mail.screengang.com> <42BD2E2C.5060402@planet.nl>
 
Hi Nathan

>>...The shop owner was also very sure that Leica would never, never be 
>>sold to a japanese company ("Lieber sterben" - "prefer to die").
>
>...To say that he prefers Leica to die rather than being taken over by a 
>larger company that might provide desperately needed technology, capital 
>and management, is just plain stupid.

I agree it's more than stupid, especially when one considers what success a 
certain Mr. K of Cosina could achieve in the past years by revitalizing the 
rangefinder idea.

But I had the dull presentiment that this seller's opinion might be the 
same one that is ruling in Solms, too.

Didier
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