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Then they would've softened their blow and perhaps delayed their relative demise until the rise of smartphones. But I do think it's fair to say that the transit
by throwawayjava 9y ago
Then they would've softened their blow and perhaps delayed their relative demise until the rise of smartphones. But I do think it's fair to say that the transition was going to be a bloodbath of layoffs and declining revenue in any case.
- nwah1 9y agoSomeone has to make the cameras in the phones. That plausibly could've been Kodak, in an alternate reality.
- throwawayjava 9y agoThere still would've been a bloodbath because chemical engineers aren't EEs/SEs. All the Kodak scientists/engineers/factory workers who were designing and making film would not have immediately pivoted to digital camera design and software development. The "camera design" portion of kodak isn't where the primary bloodbath happened. The bloodbath happened when film died. In other words, kodak the company may have thrived, but only by shedding huge portions of its workforce and retooling. I guess if all you care about is stock value, then sure, Kodak could've pulled it off. But for the folks on the ground, the bloodbath would've happened either way.