[Leica] Kodak in trouble? What does this mean for Leica?

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Paul Roark OFFERED:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak in trouble? What does this mean for Leica?


>>> Sad to see a great company go down.<<<<<<<<<

Hi Paul,
Not the least bit sorry, nor sad! :-( As KODAK made thousands upon thousands 
of dollars from me alone during the past 61 years as a working professional 
photographer. Like buying a thousand rolls of film at a time and a month 
later back for another thousand! Not to forget the many thousands of pro's 
they made hundreds of thousands from because they were considered "THE" 
product supplier to the world in gear and accessories. due to their film and 
paper purchases!

If it goes down? It's due to bad judgments at the beginning of digital, 
atrocious management decisions and whatever goes along during those first 
years of digital flying about like a rocket driven sled out of control; 
blowing by all the old fart management people still basking in the warmth of 
the past eons of film, paper & chemicals. That's what is sad!

If one feels bad, it must be for  the thousands of "worker bees" who became 
unemployed due to bad management decisions! Super top end management people 
even though being out of work, will have been privy to wonderful re-tirement 
programmes, so not likely any  problem for them to survive!

When the digital magic began, too many companies were still being  run by 
"old farts" totally out of the modern day world loop......... "AND CERTAINLY 
NO IDEA HOW FAST AND OVER POWERING DIGITAL WOULD BECOME!" Weren't we all in 
that circle of not realizing in a very short time it would become "the new 
photography era?"

Even when it started to become obvious digital was a high speed horse 
traveling on a rocket with customer demands, many of the big companies never 
moved fast enough still believing the "digital fad was just that.... "a 
fad!"  Little did they and we know!

cheers,
Dr.ted