Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]feli wrote: > > On Jan 1, 2006, at 9:20 AM, mehrdad wrote: > >> .. my point in all of this is trying to find why would canon buy >> leica? leica patents are old and not worth much in the digital world >> and unless sony is doing something that is scaring canon, i see no >> reason for the purchase > > > It's a prestige brand. It's not uncommon for huge companies to buy a > company > like Leica, just to own it. Plenty of examples in the automotive industry, just look who builds Bugatti, Maybach, Jaguar, Land-Rover and some of the other former classics. Douglas > > If Leica really does start to make Canon mount versions of their line > up, > the profit margin on them could be pretty hefty, if the production > line was > streamlined and they were marketed better. > > Leica could be a nice tax write off at the end of every years. > > Sony Pictures kept Imageworks (their visual effects division) around > for years, > even though it was bleeding money at an alarming rate. They simply > wrote it off. > > > feli > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >