Thanks.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 31, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>
> what kind of legal trouble did Minolta
>> have and how would it affect Olympus so that they would cease
>> development of an AF system. Why did it not affect the other AF
>> systems?
> Minolta's system was, depending on the side of the suit, either
> similar but
> different or cpoied directly from Honeywell patents. After their
> cameras
> were on the market, Honeywell sued, and won a jillion dollars. The
> result
> was the financial crippling of Minolta, and the fear of God in the
> hearts of
> other camera makers. Apparently, some paid a license fee, but
> someone else
> will have to say whom.Obviously, Canon won the war, as most
> everyone prefers
> their AF to any other. It apparently caused Olympus and some others
> to turn
> to pillars of salt.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
>
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