I don't think it's quite so simple though. Pentax also still exists as a workforce of trained employees who collectively have a shared culture. It's not like Hoya or Ricoh fired everyone and replaced them with their own staffers. And I imagine that they all work in offices and factories that Pentax originally set up, so there's real estate too.
If this weren't true then we'd be shooting Hoya and Ricoh cameras with the Pentax name merely stamped on them. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:00 AM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > What he is saying is Pentax doesn't exist as a company. It's purely > IP at this point. Hoya bought the Pentax IP, then sold it to Ricoh. > There is no Pentax, it's a brand name owned by Ricoh. > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 3/4/2013 12:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Won't be the first time a company NAME lives on after the company is dead >>>> & buried. >>> >>> >>> As in the case of .... Pentax? >>> >>> Mark >> >> FTR, there is a company called Pentax Ricoh Imaging, and it's pretty >> much alive ;) >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Alex Sarbu >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > David Parsons Photography > http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > > Aloha Photographer Photoblog > http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
