Thursday, January 19, 2012

[Avid-L2] Re: Semi OT: How Kodak missed the mark

 

reminds me of a lot of post houses in the mid to late 1990's as Avid was coming down in price and taking work out of high price/cost linear suites....

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@...> wrote:
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> On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
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> > Good article about Kodak's downfall. Bet you didn't know this:
> > "Kodak knew all about the impending disruption of digital
> technology. As many have noted, they own the primary patents on
> digital photography and built one of the world's first digital cameras
> in 1975. As The Economist reported recently, a report circulated among
> senior executives in 1979 detailed how the market would shift
> permanently from film to digital by 2010."
> > <<http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/18/the-kodak-lie/>>
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> I remark:
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> And yet, they have been fading into oblivion for over 20 years now.
> It's sad when a great company with such a dynamic history sticks its
> head in the sand and chooses to plod along into obscurity. George
> Eastman must be turning over in his grave. Very sad, indeed.
>
> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
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