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Very few people understand the real reason why Kodak failed to dominate the digital world. It actually dates back to a 300 million dollar lawsuit which Honeywel

Very few people understand the real reason why Kodak failed to dominate the digital world. It actually dates back to a 300 million dollar lawsuit which Honeywell won against Minolta over a patent for an autofocus system. The Japanese camera companies were so outraged over this perceived injustice that they vowed never to engage in technology sharing with American companies ever again and this ended up crippling Kodak's ambitions.

wkat4242 10mo ago
But kodak did do digital cameras. My first one was a Kodak.
- IAmBroom 10mo ago
  "Failed to dominate" != "did not make any".
ronsor 10mo ago
> they vowed never to engage in technology sharing with American companies ever again If this were really the case, I'm surprised the US government didn't engage in antitrust action.
- immibis 10mo ago
  Very US-centric comment. The US can't force entities of an entirely separate country to share technology.
  - ronsor 10mo ago
    Not directly, but the US can and often does sabotage foreign businesses' operations in the US if they don't comply.