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"Doomed from the start" for a 133 year old company seems a bit hyperbolic. They have lasted 13 decades and counting. How many other company started in the 189
by dougdonohoe 1y ago
"Doomed from the start" for a 133 year old company seems a bit hyperbolic. They have lasted 13 decades and counting. How many other company started in the 1890s are still around today?
- woofcat 1y agoI'm presuming they were trying to say "Doomed from the start of the digital revolution"
- ghaff 1y agoOne can come up with plenty of criticisms of Kodak. But they did sell off their chemical business when the selling was reasonably good and they did do a fair number of things that anticipated digital. But you can't just yank out the carpet from a massive consumables business that basically underpinned a company's revenue and profits almost overnight and reasonably expect them to deal with it.
- mark-r 1y agoYes, that's exactly what I meant. Thanks for clarifying, and sorry for being unclear at the start.