Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] Doomed digital
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sat Jan 22 11:46:16 2005
References: <200501221434.AA4193845384@cshore.com>

Historically in the technology industry, this situation is perfect for 
tremendous growth. The tech industry does not WANT people to keep their 
stuff for 5 years. They want people to treat their electronic devices as 
commodities that will wear out. During the era when people felt compelled to 
buy a new PC every 2 years, there was tremendous innovation and growth in 
the PC industry. Now that the average lifetime has slowed to about 4 years, 
there is less money available to invest in R&D, and the 
rate of innovation has slowed a lot.

When you upgrade your G3 to a G6, think of that as you making your 
contribution to Canon's R&D fund, to make sure that the G7 and G8 are as 
wonderful as Canon can make them.


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