At 22:12 4/18/03, Bob Fenstermacher wrote:
[snip]
On the other hand, our major film manufacturers have a perfect product. It's
used up almost immediately and voila, you buy more film.
It seems to me, that those manufacturers should have a vested interest in
keeping film camera manufacturers in business.
Perhaps they need to make this connection and keep their profit centers
(film) alive.
A possibility.
Kodak is scrambling to offer printing of digital images (IIRC it's their
Ofoto service) and they're not the only one doing this. Watch their
behavior as time goes by. Agfa, Fuji, Kodak, et alia will be seeking
products and services that require recurring purchase. I told someone at
work just a couple days ago while discussing part of our own product line
that making copier paper is potentially better than making copier machines.
-- John
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