Coronado Technology article in Tucson newspaper today

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php

"John Steinberg" wrote

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very nice article. Thanks for posting.

I'll also add that it's very nice to see a Hobbit gainfully employed
after completion of The Ring cycle.

Ain't he something? Be thankful for compressed air blowers for use during
final assembly....

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:18:14 -0700, "Howard Lester"
wrote:

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

BTW: Meade haters, here's the quote from
"Gerry Hogan, majority shareholder in Coronado and wife of the
founder"

"Several companies have courted Coronado, but Meade - traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol MEAD - is by far the best fit, Hogan said.

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

Hogan said she and her husband loved the business, and selling it was
not easy, though both knew it was the right decision."

READ IT AND WEEP IF YOU LIKE.

RichA wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:18:14 -0700, "Howard Lester"
wrote:

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

BTW: Meade haters, here's the quote from
"Gerry Hogan, majority shareholder in Coronado and wife of the
founder"

"Several companies have courted Coronado, but Meade - traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol MEAD - is by far the best fit, Hogan said.

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

Hogan said she and her husband loved the business, and selling it was
not easy, though both knew it was the right decision."

READ IT AND WEEP IF YOU LIKE.

Will the $32,000 Meade (coronado) scope have rust-prone screws?
Will Meade/Coronado now shut down all competitors with patent claims?
Is that what they mean by "wanting to broaden the hobby"?

Chris.B

Chris.B wrote in message
. ..
RichA wrote in message
. ..
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:18:14 -0700, "Howard Lester"
wrote:

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

BTW: Meade haters, here's the quote from
"Gerry Hogan, majority shareholder in Coronado and wife of the
founder"

"Several companies have courted Coronado, but Meade - traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol MEAD - is by far the best fit, Hogan said.

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

Hogan said she and her husband loved the business, and selling it was
not easy, though both knew it was the right decision."

READ IT AND WEEP IF YOU LIKE.

Will the $32,000 Meade (coronado) scope have rust-prone screws?
Will Meade/Coronado now shut down all competitors with patent claims?
Is that what they mean by "wanting to broaden the hobby"?

Chris.B

well, she says somewhere in the article that "we know how to make solar
filters better, but Meade knows how to make telescopes better".
Of course what she means is that Meade knows how to design a product for a
certain quality level (poor quality is a certain quality level and can be
designed in, and not a result of poor assembly work) and for a specified
cost.
Translating this mumbo jombo into plain English, it would appear that Meade
might keep the Coronado filter technology but redesign or replace the
Coronado scopes with Meade designs , in order to cut cost.

best regards,
Matt Tudor

"matt" wrote

Translating this mumbo jombo into plain English, it would appear that
Meade
might keep the Coronado filter technology but redesign or replace the
Coronado scopes with Meade designs , in order to cut cost.

My take on it is similar, that Meade would find a way to create telescopes
that will be marketed to the masses (them asses) far better than Coronado
ever could. Just a speculation.... I've never met any of the Coronado
people, so I don't know any more about this than we can otherwise guess.

Howard Lester
Tucson

On 28 Oct 2004 04:19:40 -0700, (Chris.B) wrote:

RichA wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:18:14 -0700, "Howard Lester"
wrote:

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

BTW: Meade haters, here's the quote from
"Gerry Hogan, majority shareholder in Coronado and wife of the
founder"

"Several companies have courted Coronado, but Meade - traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol MEAD - is by far the best fit, Hogan said.

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

Hogan said she and her husband loved the business, and selling it was
not easy, though both knew it was the right decision."

READ IT AND WEEP IF YOU LIKE.

Will the $32,000 Meade (coronado) scope have rust-prone screws?
Will Meade/Coronado now shut down all competitors with patent claims?
Is that what they mean by "wanting to broaden the hobby"?

Chris.B

Which competitors are those?

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:09:02 -0400, "matt"
wrote:


Chris.B wrote in message
...
RichA wrote in message
...
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:18:14 -0700, "Howard Lester"
wrote:

Here's the link; I think it may be "good" for about a week:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/45319.php


Very interesting, thanks for posting it.

BTW: Meade haters, here's the quote from
"Gerry Hogan, majority shareholder in Coronado and wife of the
founder"

"Several companies have courted Coronado, but Meade - traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol MEAD - is by far the best fit, Hogan said.

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

Hogan said she and her husband loved the business, and selling it was
not easy, though both knew it was the right decision."

READ IT AND WEEP IF YOU LIKE.

Will the $32,000 Meade (coronado) scope have rust-prone screws?
Will Meade/Coronado now shut down all competitors with patent claims?
Is that what they mean by "wanting to broaden the hobby"?

Chris.B

well, she says somewhere in the article that "we know how to make solar
filters better, but Meade knows how to make telescopes better".
Of course what she means is that Meade knows how to design a product for a
certain quality level (poor quality is a certain quality level and can be
designed in, and not a result of poor assembly work) and for a specified
cost.
Translating this mumbo jombo into plain English, it would appear that Meade
might keep the Coronado filter technology but redesign or replace the
Coronado scopes with Meade designs , in order to cut cost.

best regards,
Matt Tudor


Imagine! Trying to make prominence scopes available to the unwashed.
Who ever would condone such a thing?

In article , RichA
wrote:

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

What would you expect her to say? "Well, we hate to sell out to such a
dodgy company, but they offered us the most money."

--
Joe Bergeron

http://www.joebergeron.com

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:49:15 GMT, Joe Bergeron
wrote:

In article , RichA
wrote:

"In the seven months of discussion with them, it became very apparent
that Meade shared our integrity in terms of professionalism, quality
and a desire to broaden the hobby," she said.

What would you expect her to say? "Well, we hate to sell out to such a
dodgy company, but they offered us the most money."

Not at all, but there is no evidence to suggest that they were
reluctant to sell out at all.