[Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Of course it's different each time of course Leica must change. Every
company must change and adapt....

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> It will be ... different.....
>
> Leica must change with the user demand.  ( Remember the M8?)
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Richard Man
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> Subject: [Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?
>
> It's notably that Apple at 2000, was dying. So bad that Steve Job had to
> bargained with his nemesis, Bill Gates. Since 1984, many epitaphs have been
> written for Apple. In 2015, Apple is now the largest company in the world
> (*cautious people always jump in and say - for now - *).
>
> Wasn't Leica in trouble in the late 40s until they came out with the Leica
> M3?
>
> Wasn't Leica "close to death" in the 70s with the onslaught of the SLR
> (without the 'd')?
>
> Didn't Leica become irrelevant in the mid 2000s because everyone has gone
> digital?
>
> Leica may be gone by end of 2015, or may be it will surprise everyone
> again.
> We shall see...
>
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