[Leica] Konica Minolta to quit photo market - now Kodak staying in film

[lmc at interlink.es (Luis Miguel Castañeda)]

On 24/01/2006, at 22:01, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Luis,
>
> No sane company phases out a product that is still selling well.  
> You are right that Kodachrome started going downhill before digital  
> took off, as a result of E6. But that too is plain economics, so it  
> (again) proves my point.

yes, it was economic, and I was agreeing. I was trying to point to  
how kodak cares their customers, first the cut-offs with kind words,  
then relaxing the service chain, then more cut-offs, then  
discontinuing them because there is no customer interest. It's easy  
to do discontinue and charge the blame on the lack of sales after  
years of killing the market. Just my experience.