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https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/features/what-does-the-olympus-sale-mean-for-users-and-the-wider-camera-industry

A crazy thought would be that Ricoh could buy them.
Obviously Pentax is in dire need of a mirrorless system - and there's one available for little money. Maybe even for free.
They would be able to consolidate their sales and servicing across the two systems - thus reducing costs.

But yes, it's a crazy thought ...

That would be amazing, but it's not X-mas yet ;-)