Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to be Cassandra, but if there is some Kodak product that you especially desire I would advise stocking up. My belief is that they have only two or three years left before they vanish. The company bet it's life on the printer business which is going nowhere; HP, Canon, and Epson all countered the cheap ink selling point to their printers and so as the new boy on the block their only advantage(cheap consumables) is gone. Plus, the established players are working with other companies to supply free printers after rebates to hook people to their consumables. Kodak's film business as is everyone's is virtually gone, Fuji owns what is left of the paper and chemistry business, the third world is using cell phones instead of film. The medical imaging business is on the block and their sensor business is not making any money. So, Kodak is left to continually chopping head count chasing vanishing revenues. Seth can fill in the positive news. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Canon: at least they still are in profit, not bad considering the times. > > Kodak: pigs feeding at the trough. Corporate welfare is disgusting. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > i read the news today oh boy: >> >> 1) Canon's Q4 net profit falls 81%, projects 68% 2009 decline (reuters) >> 2) Eastman Kodak is in Washington getting its slice of stimulus. (WSJ) >> >> -rei >> -- >> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >> Ridgewood, New Jersey >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com