On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:51:21 GMT, the renowned "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:

If you want to feel sorry for someone, how about Polariod? They had they
process stolen from them by Kodak. Eventually, the won a lawsuit, which
really hurt Kodak (they deserved it), but the long term benefits are gone,
due to digital photography. How long since you have seen someone count to
ten, and then peel off the sloppy negative, or stand there waiting to see
whether the $1 color shot is going to have to be reshot?

Last time I got a passport photo. But it's almost all digital now,
including Costco ID cards, Drivers licen[cs]es etc.

Then, on top of that, Polaroid was just marketing a rather clumsy instant
movie film when VCR's came along.

They re-aimed a lot of stuff for scientific, medical and industrial
uses, which bought them some time, but they've still been having
problems. Their unique SX-70 sonar ranging innovation spawned an
ultrasonic transducer division.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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