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- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:07:53 -0400
At 11:50 AM 4/12/2010, Peter K. wrote:
You are like a pit bull who will not let go.
Look, I have made my points. Much of the romance
around Rollei is BS. You really love to argue.
If I said the sky was blue you would tell me I
am really talking about the clouds and how
Prochnow designed the first prototype cloud in 1954.
1. Rollei TLR sales were on a decline in the
late 50s, this I believe due to the SLRs and
companies like Mamiya and Yashica and other eating away at their market.
2. The threat of Hasselblad making an SLR was
nonsense and something fabricated to make Rollei
look better. Even after Rollei came out an SLR,
Hasselblad never lived up their alleged threat
and produced a TLR. So my opinion is that this
is a legend and a lot of nonsense.
3. In 1963, the family council, concerned with
dropping sales and production appointed a new
Managing Director, Dr. Peesel. This did not
happen overnight. It was the result of stupid
decision making not not building a Rollei SLR or
interchangeable lens TLR but instead building
idiot products like the Rolleimot.
4. You pointed out that Heidecke died in 1960
and there was no successor because he could not
find one. I gather you read this as you were
only 4 years old when this happened so this is
3rd hand information from a book. In my opinion
this statement is more BS. Many executives do
not know how to groom a successor and fewer want
to. They are egotistical. I have seen this
several times first hand and not from a book.
It is my opinion, and I am not quoting anyone,
that Rollei management was indeed aware their
company was having issues with drops in sales
but chose to ignore it. Eventually though it
became too big to ignore. Its the same thing
that happened at General Motors. Sales dropped
year after year, they were building cars people
were not buying and eventually it caught up with
them and they went bankrupt. It did not happen
overnight. Same for Rollei, it did not happen
overnight. It is stupid decisions or lack of
decisions that lead to lower sales, lower
revenue, and eventually bankruptcy. And its not
just companies, stupidity is elsewhere. Remember
Argentina went through its IMF approved
sovereign bankruptcy a few years back. Greece is
narrowly avoiding bankruptcy now. Why? Stupid
decisions and in some cases lack of decisions.
I do not worship Rollei and do not want to be
the reincarnation of Prochnow, something you
obviously want and need to be. You see I have a
life, so I am putting paid to this discussion.
Peter
You will IMMEDIATELY cease posting nonsense to
the Rollei List and you will immediately cease
conducting personal attacks on other List members.
Intelligent discourse is fine. You are not
engaging in intelligent discourse and you are
simply refusing to read the careful and reasoned
comments Carlos has been making.
You have been warned.
Marc James Small
Rollei List Owner
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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