Denton Taylor wrote:
>
> At 09:33 PM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 98-09-24 14:00:00 EDT, you write:
>
> >>What I don't
> understand is the attitude of this group that Oly has "thrown in the towel."
> Guess these people think that Lamborgini and Ferrari have "thrown in the
> towel" since they didn't try to make a Pinto.
Actual Ferrari "makes" the Cinqecento. To the non European members: the
"cinquecento" is a very small budget car made by Fiat, the mother
company of Ferrari. It´s so small, that it is know in Poland as
"elephant shoe".
Olympus has his own Cinquecento, the mju, stylus series.
> Well, that was my attitude, not necessarily that of the whole group. In
> fact I'm probably the minority. Lamborghini has thrown in the towel also
> and become part of a bigger group.
Like Ferrari, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, ...., Nikon, Leitz.
Wasn´t Lamborghini owned by Chrysler, later Malysian Investors and is
now part of Volkswagen?
Who are the owner is, does actualy says nothing about succes or quality
of the products of a certain company.
> >>Olympus.
> "Thrown in the towel?" NO WAY!
> Moved mass production to more profitable areas? Yep.
> Note that the digital Olympus cameras get rave reviews.
> As do their P&S.
> >>
>
> My comments were directed solely to the SLR area. Of course they have a
> thriving business in other areas.
Does Fiat make money with Ferrari? Doubtfull..
Regards
Richard
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