[rollei_list] Re: Economics Are Not Always Practiced (Thank God) (was:"I prefer simplicity and ease of use...")
- From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:56:31 -0400
At 07:40 PM 4/13/05 -0600, Douglas Shea wrote:
>By all appearances the economists were not consulted by Alpa during its
>heyday -- I have never detected any evidence of compromise.
The fact that some concerns, most notably ALPA, Zeiss Ikon, and Leitz,
ignored economic realities does not mean that they still didn't try to keep
production costs down. All three of these concerns simply poured money out
of every orifice over the last decades of their existence or, in the case
of Leitz, until it managed to enter into a series of rather rocky prop-ups.
Had ALPA really attempted to produce a camera without "compromise", they
never would have cranked out their first production model. Swiss bankers
are tighter than you can imagine and the coldness of their hearts would
make even a long-term inmate of the Soviet Gulags shiver.
Marc
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