[Info-vax] OT: About Digital and divisions

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:

(snip, someone wrote)
>>> Can you buy a "BetaMax" new, today?  Would you buy a BetaMax????????
>>> Guess who got rich!!  Hint; it wasn't Sony's stock holders!

>> Beta stayed popular in the professional market for many years
>> after it faded from the home market.

> And the "professional market" represents what percent of 
> Sony's profits?  0.1% perhaps?

Well, the markup might be higher, but yes it is a small fraction.

Even so, though, it looks good for consumers to see that a company
is known in the professional market.  

Does Nikon make enough from the professional market, to make it
worth staying in?   Should they give up, and just make cheap 
point-and-shoot digital cameras?

-- glen