[BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business

[Rich Wood]

------ At 10:06 AM 2/4/2007, cld at admin.umass.edu wrote: -------

>Perhaps it's simply not as profitable as what they're making in 
>military comms,
>and with more wars likely they rather tighten their focus?
>Seriously....

Really seriously. With three of four more wars to go they're 
guaranteed cash flow for decades to come. Once every station buys a 
transmitter they have to wait another 30 years for the next purchase. 
During that time they're a parts supplier. With a total universe of 
about 14,000 stations in the US and lots of competitors they have to 
be global players. With a Canadian manufacturer capturing a large 
part of the US market with a superb product it must be tough to make 
a profit. War is a solid market with no limit in sight and customers 
willing to pay what the market will bear and then some.

I think being an arms dealer would be the yellow brick road to 
enormous profit. Just ask Cheneyburton. To get credit, Dubya has to 
get them going within two years if he expects the next Democratic 
President to get the blame. I understand they're making a database of 
nursing homes housing veterans for the next source of cannon fodder 
once kindergartens are exhausted.

This may be a good move for Harris.

Rich