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Subject: Re: [OM] Kodak's long fade to black - latimes.com
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 07:40:24 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
> >     <<SIGH>>
> >
> >     The very nature of American business dysfunction.  Same
> > thing happened to Motorola's semiconductor sector. They used
> > to be THE powerhouse for semiconductors, and then a few
> > years ago I watched at their original fabrication plant just
> > two miles from me was slowly demolished and carted away to
> > scrap dealers.  All that remained was a saguaro cactus and
> > s sign for the credit union.  The sign was stolen less than
> > a year ago.
> >
>
>
> I watched Digital go down. Digital was competing with itself
> rather than the world.
>
> All that is left and thriving is the Digital Federal Credit
> Union.
>

     The nature of startup businuses these days is to milk investors as much as 
you can and stay out of prison.  It was really sad to be a first-hand witness 
to all that, but I managed to scrape together a self-managed retirement despite 
them.

Chris
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