>On 11/8/2011 1:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tom C<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> From: Mark Roberts<[email protected]> >>> >>> From the press release: "Kodak has previously communicated that it >>> would sell assets that are not central to its transformation to a >>> profitable, sustainable digital company." >>> >>> Because, you know, digital image sensors aren't central to a company >>> that's involved in digital imaging. >> They didn't say they wanted to be a sustainable digital imaging >> company. They merely want to be a sustainable DIGITAL company. Big >> difference there. :-) > My money says the won't qualify as either "sustainable" or "digital" > before long.
It's now been a day since I read the article. It seems to me the bean counters are basically throwing in the towel. Due to poor management, market conditions, or a combination of circumstances, they'd rather get the cold hard cash for the assets than attempt to grow the assets. And the desperation to stay alive involves selling patents. The firm buying the Image Sensor Solutions business will likely continue to employ workers as they would have no expertise outside of that. Maybe they can make or keep that business profitable? What Kodak's focus as a product line will be is puzzling though if they're essentially throwing R&D overboard. Even though they will 'continue to have' "access to the image sensor technology involved in this transaction for use in its own products", it's hard to understand the relationship. Once the business is sold, would they have access to future technology not involved in this transaction? I would think likely not. So it all seems like a dead end street. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
