Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Conflict of Interest
From: eric@jphotog.com
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:50:02 -0600 (CST)
References: <20031220075745.37989.qmail@web109.biz.mail.yahoo.com>

Did I say we shouldn't have his information? No. I said that one should
automatically besuspicious of anyone who HIDES their relationship with a company. There is
a signal therelarge enough to be seen from a mile away that something isn't right.
That's all. It has nothingto do directly with Erwin, who pretty much disloses the nature of h is
relatinship with Leica.
Anyone who thinks they can determine the validity of information without
knowing the truesource of the information is naive. That's pretty much my argument.

> We all should look at the publicity engine of any
> name-brand company. Leica is no different from any
> other companies in trying to market a product. They in
> turn need someone like Puts to help get the word out.
> However, as in any publications, the user themselves
> have to determine whether such writings are worth
> reading. I myself see Puts writings as a source of
> information, but I wouldn't take it as Leica's Bible.
> Some commonsense should be exercised. Personally, I
> would rather have the information than none.


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In reply to: Message from Henry Ting <henryting@riteful.com> (Re: [Leica] Conflict of Interest)