Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/25/03 4:46:30 PM, dorysrus@mindspring.com writes: << After the 96 Olympics when I worked with Kodak and saw first hand how the very top most management was clueless, impotent to act, and utterly without the ability to change course came to the conclusion that this company was the walking dead. >> - -------------------------- Does anyone remember when Kodak clipped Polaroid patents and had to pay a huge penalty to Polaroid? The money didn't help Polaroid because they also messed up on keeping up with digital technology, which replaced the Land process. It's odd, because these larger old inertial tech companies initially had the capital to gamble on new technology -- they had nothing to lose by investing. But short term profits meant more than astute and imaginative and innovative management. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html