Sorry, Owen, but...
http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/kodaks-building-53-to-be-imploded-saturday/25731/Ng_5Sa9yekm7rjTpuNe7lw



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On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote:

> I lived in Webster NY just outa Rochester, the Xerox facility there.
> Worked for them '72-'80 in the research lab. Job included bringing back
> tech from PARC to Webster. I had the second Alto computer at WRC.
>
> Wow what great times! Most "engineers" there were in mathematics or
> physics. Computer Science was not taught then, although UofR started it up
> shortly after I started. Lunch conversations were only things we dream of
> here, although we're improving considerably.
>
> Kodak was always conservative.  I worked with some of them on color theory
> for printers. Boy did they have it nailed. Sneered at PS & PDF but it cost
> them.
>
> They basically built half of Rochester and several important cultural
> venues. Caused a huge housing boom, which made inexpensive housing
> ubiquitous. My first house was $17K! Nearly tripled in value by the time I
> left.
>
>    -- Owen
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In 1975, this Kodak employee invented the digital camera. His bosses made
>> him hide it.
>>
>> http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/made_this_kodak_employee_invented_QnYp4iCrFXYwagdCRzszeP
>>
>> Hmmm.  Both Kodak and Xerox, of Xerox PARC, were based in Rochester, NY.
>> Could it be the Great Inhibitor was in the water?
>>
>> TJ
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