Re: Meade to buy Celestron?

From: Tim Killian (TJK_at_notmyrealemail.com)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:17:12 -0700

But if they go under and liquidate, Meade inherits those prospective
customers without spending a dime. And they wouldn't have to deal with
all the hassles of warranty work and supporting orphaned electronics,
software, & firmware.

I certainly hope it doesn't come to pass.

> Steve Sherman wrote:

>> Tim Killian wrote:
>> What does Celestron own that Meade might want to buy? They settled
>> their patent dispute with a cross licensing deal, and both manufacture
>> essentially the same products.

>
> Well they want them because they have a very good share of the market.
> Why would Ford want Volvo.. There is also this business thing that
> says you need to grow...
>
> Steve