GC5 wrote: Ralph Conway wrote: GC5 wrote: Ralph Conway wrote:
So my question is easy. Why not merging THEM to what WE need?
Well it would be a clear antitrust violation for one...
My english is not that good. What does it mean?
They already know what we want and speak to each other who does what next. Why not getting them under one hat? Ours? They are just companies. Without any existence cause and possibility to make money or grow without their customers (us). So why not letting them work together for us. It would be averadges advantadge.
They do not speak to each other about their future business plans or products. If they are, the EU and US department of justice will soon be prosecuting competition cases against them. In neither Europe nor the US (or most other places for that matter) are companies permitted to cooperatively plan their business strategies. It is intended to prevent monopolies harmful to consumers. That is, by the by, exactly what you have proposed. Once Canon and Nikon have gotten together to \"give us what we want\" they will have effectively cornered the market. \"What we want\" will not have an affordable price because Canon and Nikon - in controlling the market - will not have any incentive to give it to us.
Hoo! This thread was and still is not planed to become political by me. But what you say is not correct. EU and US departments are payed and controlled by the concerns. What do you think why all gas companies encrease their prices the same day? Why are all supermarkets equal? Why it happened that Nikon offers a new flagship (not so called yet) with nearly same features at an equal price? It will need a couple of month before Canon offers a comparable product against D800 for 1 or 200 more or less. It could be sold (like D800) for about 800$ with profit. You really believe they do not talk and decide about prices? Sorry, not me. And everybody knows. No law can do anything against it (or is willing to).
But lets come back. It does not matter if they work together or somebody else makes it reality. What is it, what you wish for a generall \"all happy\" camera?
Feb 08, 2012 at 03:53 PM
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