badger
1/4/2012, 05:47 PM
Looks like Kodak's gonna wave the white flag.
Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=52&articleid=20120104_52_0_ROCHES957462)
Can you imagine being born into a family that has ownership (or buy stock into it that you've seen grow for years) of such a seemingly stable company that has a virtual monopoly (screw you, Fujifilm!) on a very important market worldwide that is just raking in money for decades...
...only to encounter the digital age unprepared?
I remember seeing Kodak products everywhere in a wide variety of different film-based formats... you had the film on little round discs, you had the film that you had to unwind yourself (don't you DARE try taking it through airport security!) and then it was sooooo cool the day that all you had to do was just load a film cartridge and let the camera do the work. They'd also price gouge you at tourist stops for little disposable cameras.
And now... film's a thing of the past.
I wonder what other companies are going to suffer a similar fate in the future.
Link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=52&articleid=20120104_52_0_ROCHES957462)
Can you imagine being born into a family that has ownership (or buy stock into it that you've seen grow for years) of such a seemingly stable company that has a virtual monopoly (screw you, Fujifilm!) on a very important market worldwide that is just raking in money for decades...
...only to encounter the digital age unprepared?
I remember seeing Kodak products everywhere in a wide variety of different film-based formats... you had the film on little round discs, you had the film that you had to unwind yourself (don't you DARE try taking it through airport security!) and then it was sooooo cool the day that all you had to do was just load a film cartridge and let the camera do the work. They'd also price gouge you at tourist stops for little disposable cameras.
And now... film's a thing of the past.
I wonder what other companies are going to suffer a similar fate in the future.