Kodak to Stop Selling Consumer Inkjet Printers, Cut More Jobs

[frazzled]

3. So sad to see the end of an era for this once-groundbreaking company

When I think of all the movies that for the better part of a century depended on Kodak, and all the rolls of film we developed for our cameras -- now both mediums gone digital -- it makes me kind of sad. Really, it defined the twentieth century, and was the linchpin of an entire cultural history. But they had a good 100-year run. I hope the people who are losing their jobs can find something else soon.

Pretty soon, all we'll have left is a museum--and one I wish I could visit:

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the world’s oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 as an independent, non-profit museum. It combines the world’s leading collections of photography and film with the stately pleasures of the landmark Colonial Revival mansion and gardens that George Eastman called home from 1905 to 1932. The Museum is a National Historic Landmark. Mr. Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak Company, is heralded as the father of modern photography and motion picture film.

World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the Museum is also a leader in film preservation and photograph conservation, educating the top archivists and conservators from around the world.

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/history.php