[Leica] The End of The "M"

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter)]

well I own a Leica and am not rich, so that means Leica is not a "world-class
name"!  ;-)

or are the riche going to confiscate my Leica?

"B. D. Colen" wrote:

> 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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