Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >