Friday, January 20, 2012
“To my friends, my work is done. Why wait?” -Suicide note written by George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak. 1932. After 131 years, Kodak has filed for bankruptcy. Kodak. That Kodak. The one that used to be synonymous with photography. The one that still is synonymous with photography for many people. I’m going to go out way on a crazy limb here and guess that photography has never been more popular than it is today. Ever. Yet Kodak is on its way out. Because the company sat on patents, and became synonymous with digital cameras for old people. It’s insane that this could happen to such a giant of a company. It’s like if Microsoft just kept making horrible operating systems while other companies listened to users. Personal note: I’ve seen this suicide note in person. It’s a hell of a haunting thing. (picture found here)

“To my friends, my work is done. Why wait?”

-Suicide note written by George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak. 1932.

After 131 years, Kodak has filed for bankruptcy.

Kodak.

That Kodak.

The one that used to be synonymous with photography. The one that still is synonymous with photography for many people.

I’m going to go out way on a crazy limb here and guess that photography has never been more popular than it is today. Ever. Yet Kodak is on its way out. Because the company sat on patents, and became synonymous with digital cameras for old people. It’s insane that this could happen to such a giant of a company.

It’s like if Microsoft just kept making horrible operating systems while other companies listened to users.

Personal note: I’ve seen this suicide note in person. It’s a hell of a haunting thing.

(picture found here)

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