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Re:[OM] future OM repairs

Subject: Re:[OM] future OM repairs
From: plp@xxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 13:59:07 GMT
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>The issue is Olympus's careless abuse of language. When they
>said they would continue to provide service for ten years,
>they were referring only to products that are officially in
>production at the time the OM system is discontinued.
> snip

Well put.

>The OM cameras were a conscious effort to create an SLR Leica.
>You'd think Olympus would have adopted Leica's policy (at that
>time) of servicing almost everything they ever made.

I think Winsor had a good insight into this, with his comment
that Olympus is a disposable products company.  Olympus simply
does not understand the long-term committment needed to be a
Leica clone company.


Pete






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