In a message dated 3/1/99 0:59:45 AM EST, dhaynie@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< By the way, Kodak started work on electronic and digital imaging systems
as
> early as 1970. (Kodak and Polaroid were the first companies to introduce
8mm
> video in the US.) Even 30 years ago, they could see "the handwriting on the
> wall." >>
Yes, but even though Kodak could see the handwriting on the wall, and had no
choice but to enter the digital field....the future is still far from being
rosy for them...being one player in a field of what? one, two dozen, (digital)
is a far cry from being *the dominant* film supplier. (in US at least, and
probably everywhere else).
As you know, their numbers from film sales are staggering. Make no mistake,
they are verrry nervous up in Rochester NY.
George S.
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