Kodak, the bankruptcy of a giant who lacked vision

The rumour materialized at the beginning of the year with the "protection" of Chapter 11 Another page in the history of photography is turned in 2012, that of a giant that since the early 2000s has seen its market share gradually eroded by digital technology.Kodak, founded in 1881 by George Eastman, merged in 1907 with Charles Pathé's Compagnie générale des cinématographes, photographes et pellicules. By 1960, the group was at its peak, employing some 80,000 people worldwide. The group reigned in several segments: consumer film, medical imaging, printing and, of course, cinema. Ironically or rumor has it that Eastman Kodak launched the first digital camera in 1975, but didn't want to push the technology too far, so as not to damage its position in film. Some digital technology patents still held by Kodak are said to be used under license by none other than Apple.

2012; The end of an era...Sources: http: //www.mac4ever.com/actuReactions.php?ref=67709&page=2