Originally posted by ogl We can't guarantee anything about bussiness of big corporations...And we can't even guarantee when we'll die.
your statement is both stupid and so obvious it need not be said. of course we can't guarantee anything and I don't think my statement was anything close to such. it was merely a best guess based on the possible reasons fr Ricoh to purchase what they did. and how I believe Ricoh will act due to what at least seems to be the most profitable and reasonable for both the immediate and long term for their consumer camera division. Hoya bought pentax for the medical division. they got the cameras in the deal, but didn't care to have it, so they sold it. here comes ricoh seeing a camera brand on the market with huge potential and although small, a very well established and loyal user base. a HUGE potential at a great price. a company with an obvious interest in continued development of digital camera technology now owns a long standing, well established, and respected camera brand. well looking at it from a distance, it would seem to me that Ricoh bought Pentax to further develop the Pentax brand for profit and use that ownership to further Ricoh cameras at the same time. having two brands especially one acquired so cheaply sounds like a win win to me. maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
also, if you have nothing better to say besides whats obvious and a waste of time saying just to be purposely opposing and pessimistic, why not just say nothing at all?