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I was looking for some info on Minolta cameras and logged onto
minolta.com--- only to find that it's now Konica Minolta! Guess I missed
news of the acquisition. Criminy-- who's next?

Doc

"Doc" <Doc @ doc.net> wrote in message
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> I was looking for some info on Minolta cameras and logged onto
> minolta.com--- only to find that it's now Konica Minolta! Guess I missed
> news of the acquisition. Criminy-- who's next?

I believe it was a merger rather than an acquisition, but the order of the
names surprised me. Minolta Konica I could understand, but Konica Minolta?!

Neil



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> Doc
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NJH wrote:

> "Doc" <Doc @ doc.net> wrote in message
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>>I was looking for some info on Minolta cameras and logged onto
>>minolta.com--- only to find that it's now Konica Minolta! Guess I missed
>>news of the acquisition. Criminy-- who's next?
>
>
> I believe it was a merger rather than an acquisition, but the order of the
> names surprised me. Minolta Konica I could understand, but Konica Minolta?!
>
> Neil
>

It's that old Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules."

"Alan Browne" <"Alan Browne"@videotron.canospam> wrote in message
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> NJH wrote:
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> > "Doc" <Doc @ doc.net> wrote in message
> > news:Qy%kb.7362$ ink.net...
> >
> >>I was looking for some info on Minolta cameras and logged onto
> >>minolta.com--- only to find that it's now Konica Minolta! Guess I missed
> >>news of the acquisition. Criminy-- who's next?
> >
> >
> > I believe it was a merger rather than an acquisition, but the order of
the
> > names surprised me. Minolta Konica I could understand, but Konica
Minolta?!
> >
> > Neil
> >
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> It's that old Golden Rule: "He who has the gold makes the rules."

And "merger" is a nellyword the buyer uses so the company being bought
doesn't feel "taken over."

Doc