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The End Of The Day With Ray! Katun! Katun! Is The Experiment Over Now? GPI 3rd Qtr Results Disaster!
The End Of The Day With Ray! Konica Minolta 1st Half FY 25 - Showing Profit! Can They Keep It Up?
Konica Minolta is actually beating our friends at Ricoh in operating profit as a percentage of revenue. However, I am not ready to have a celebration as both their current FY are only at the halfway point. I have also decided to start bringing up Katun In all my OEM financial reviews as an attempt to challenge them in what I see as a completely flawed (delusional) attempt at becoming a serious contender in the MFP hardware space. In this episode I will also share concerns regarding awards and how the industry's actors can become delusional if taking too serious gratuitous awards. I believe Konica Minolta has a dysfunctional appetite for gratidius platitudes.
The End Of The Day With Ray! What's Up With EPSON Profit & Can They Really Change An Industry?
EPSON Profit Categories Seems Like A Bull-S#!+ Distraction. I am also thinking that Epson is squandering their opportunity to disrupt business laser printing. Of course their continued procrastination could provide Kyocera a great advantage. Another question for Epson when will you have a dealer program worthy of disrupting the laser OEM's programs?
The End Of The Day With Ray! Dissecting Visual Edge IT CEO & The Guy With The Hat Article!
Reading this article in the Industry Analysts Blog gave me zero confidence that the new CEO of Visual Edge IT can turn the company's history of non financial performance with it's BDC lender around. The author calls the article an interview however, the author does not share any questions. This article brought me the feeling of Deja vu. I began thinking about the interview the ex DEXTEK leader did with the industry media in February 2025. Here's my thinking
The End Of The Day With Ray! I Am, Yelling (WTF) Regarding HP, Katun and The MPSA!
In today's episode I share my thinking on some social media content from HP Inc, Katun, And The MPSA.