Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Focus now ROFLOL
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:32:05 -0600

Has anybody made money in digital? Aren't they still in the stage of 
accepting losses to ensure future market place? These cameras cost a 
fortune to develop (except for the digital M of course) and you can't 
give them away after a year.

John Collier

On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 07:31 PM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

>
> 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.

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