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RobinA

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49. They May Accept

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 02:06 PM

Aug 2012

the relative transience of the computer file, but they may live to regret that they did. Trying to put together a family history from boxes of old photos, I realized that the next generation will have no pictorial history past the '80's.

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Kodak set to quit camera film and photo paper business [View all] hunter Aug 2012 OP

Sad times indeed. Not Me Aug 2012 #1

Kodak was a great place to work. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #3

I worked at Kodak for 10 years. Even their "consumer electronic like" products... reACTIONary Aug 2012 #37

Kodak sent me a new camera when I had an out-of-warranty camera break pstokely Aug 2012 #42

Apple and Google are rumored to go in on the patent buy. onehandle Aug 2012 #2

if they're not making cameras or film or paper, what's left? TrogL Aug 2012 #4

Kodak has a very large portfolio of industrial products jmowreader Aug 2012 #57

heh, heh, I know a buyer called Bain Capital, they love these downgoing companies wordpix Aug 2012 #5

They didn't see the writing on the wall in 2000 when HP introduced their first digital camera DainBramaged Aug 2012 #6

kind of like the '70s-80's when people were buying fuel efficient Japanese cars wordpix Aug 2012 #8

I don't think so nice try DainBramaged Aug 2012 #9

it's called an analogy, Dainbramaged, no "trying" about it wordpix Aug 2012 #11

Took me moment. Ash_F Aug 2012 #12

You think the UAW emblem is funny? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #14

He was laughing at the situation, not the UAW logo. GliderGuider Aug 2012 #38

No, I have a lot of respect for the organization. I believe everyone should have a union. Ash_F Aug 2012 #43

You're getting mad for no good reason. No one is making fun of the UAW. MADem Aug 2012 #53

Here's a fact, Toyota and Honda lost their way while the Domestics caught up and took back share DainBramaged Aug 2012 #15

yes & it took Barack Obama to get them to increase the CAFE standards & US fuel efficiency wordpix Aug 2012 #18

And Toyota has MORE gas guzzling SUV's than Ford and GM combined DainBramaged Aug 2012 #21

I have a friend who junked his Geo after it hit 500,000 miles. MADem Aug 2012 #54

A Geo Prizm IS a Corolla! jmowreader Sep 2012 #61

GM and Ford have lost share during the last year FarCenter Aug 2012 #20

OMG do you think Toyota and Honda aren't selling pickups and SUV's??? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #22

Does Honda make anything as large as the Suburban? pstokely Aug 2012 #24

Does Toyota? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #25

Neither does pstokely Aug 2012 #26

Wrong DainBramaged Aug 2012 #27

Not sure, but GP6971 Aug 2012 #30

No, they're only up to Tahoe size jmowreader Aug 2012 #40

May 2012 sales data from Motor Trend FarCenter Aug 2012 #34

Discussion over permanently DainBramaged Aug 2012 #36

Your anger chloes1 Sep 2012 #65

direct your anger at the exec's b/c Honda, Toyota were always ahead on fuel efficiency wordpix Aug 2012 #35

They survive because they make kick-ass products Union Scribe Aug 2012 #32

Because Americans don't have a monopoly on making good cars? armodem08 Aug 2012 #33

Some BMW are made in South Carolina pstokely Aug 2012 #41

I gotta agree with a lot of this. Ash_F Aug 2012 #45

They actually invented digital photography pstokely Aug 2012 #23

As a Rochester native- a lot of kids I went to school with were from Kodak families- NBachers Aug 2012 #7

My best friend moved from there 5 years ago when they started layoffs on a massive scale DainBramaged Aug 2012 #10

Looking back GP6971 Aug 2012 #31

So sad, end of an era Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #13

sad indeed Yahagirl Aug 2012 #16

Yep- It was a monumental event in my life when I received an Instamatic as a gift NBachers Aug 2012 #17

The Brownie GP6971 Aug 2012 #29

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail FarCenter Aug 2012 #19

this image was donco Aug 2012 #28

This may be the fate of traditional book publishing too daleo Aug 2012 #39

I don't think that one's going to go nearly as easily. Posteritatis Aug 2012 #44

Price differentials may make that a moot point daleo Aug 2012 #46

They May Accept RobinA Aug 2012 #49

I agree that paper is an ideal archival medium daleo Sep 2012 #62

I don't know. It's not really an even comparison. Xithras Aug 2012 #50

I like to write in the margins Kolesar Aug 2012 #55

I think a book is about sharing an imagined experience with a writer, especially fiction daleo Sep 2012 #59

Your observations about publishing and books here are spot-on. n/t Psephos Sep 2012 #63

Hope You're Right RobinA Aug 2012 #47

I like my kindle daleo Sep 2012 #60

My grandfather, a semi-professional photographer, embraced Kodachrome when it was introduced. slackmaster Aug 2012 #48

"Progress." Very sad, indeed, but we can't stop it. MADem Aug 2012 #51

never thought I would see this DrDan Aug 2012 #52

If Kodak had only innovated early instead of relying on patent royalties rachel1 Aug 2012 #56

It's not an issue of innovation... jmowreader Aug 2012 #58

I have a Z980 Mnpaul Sep 2012 #64

+1 insightful comments KurtNYC Sep 2012 #66