At 11:53 AM 12/21/2000 -0800, Albert Yang wrote:
>I have a friend, and he all of a sudden cares about the environment.
>I asked him why, and he said "Because I realized that they were
>right, we do not inherit from our parents, we borrow from our
>children."
>
>Well, most of the discussions didn't really matter all that much to
>me, until I realized last night that if I am (in 2 days) about to be
>the proud father of an OM system, then I need to do my duty to
>protect it and make sure it is around for my posterity. It would
>make me sad if Olympus later on no longer held up their SLR (more
>specifically their OM line) and that ebay and pawn shops would be the
>only placed I'd be able to get a Zuiko...
>
>So I think as by far the BIGGEST voice in the Olympus community, we
>need to draft an open letter to Olympus.
[snip]
Albert:
Albeit a noble sentiment, this idea has been tried before. Olympus' reaction
has been either "Sorry, but we've moved on, and we suggest you do, too," or a
great big non-committal yawn. In either case, there didn't seem to be any wild
rush to suddenly change course.
I suspect we'll see the demise of the OM system in the next few years (not a
big deal -- the cameras will probably last longer than the availability of
film). Till then, I'll just keep happily using what I've got, and thanking my
lucky stars I can afford it both in terms of time and money.
Garth
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