Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01

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Subject: [Leica] Japanese paper reports Canon to take over Leica
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sun Jan 1 23:00:52 2006
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Allen,
It's only claim to existence is from a blog, a blog that also has an
ad for a Leica one thing or another (digital camera). I expect the
blogger gets paid by the number of hits to the page.

Daniel

On 1/1/06, Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Maybe no one at Leica or Canon  feels the need to bother with
> replying to all the rumors that pop up in newsgroups like this one.
> <grin>
>
> Has ANYONE out there actually seen the rumored Asahi Shimbun report?
>
> Allen
>
>
> >What I find very curious is that neither Leica nor Canon has denied the
> >report, despite considerable comment by Leica enthusiasts in several
> >places  that
> >senior-level Leica and Canon  employees must be aware of.
> >
> >  If it were untrue, one might think that one or the other company, or
> >possibly Hermes,  would say something , so investors would have accurate
> >information to guide them...
> >
> >The fact that no one so far has said anything  publicly -- even over a
> >holiday when their offices are closed -- seems to  give some
> >credence to the report.
> >The troubling thing, though, is that there has  been no further word from
> >anyone, including Asahi Shimbun, beyond the  initial report that 
> >supposedly
> >originated with Asahi Shimbun, a highly respected  Japanese newspaper.
> >
> >What many American corporations do in similar situations is to say that it
> >never comments in such cases...This, at least, would let everyone know 
> >that
> >Leica and/or Canon is aware of the report. --regards, bob  cole
> >
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