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@klumper : Fully agree - Kodak was early in working to develop better sensors, and also better displays, such as OLED. The guys "in the trenches" were doing great work, but management did not understand the value, and thus did not lend sufficient support to these R&D efforts. In fact, the guys doing the best work recognized the lack of management support fairly early on (mid-'90's) and began to migrate to better opportunities elsewhere. Even then, management did not recognize (not apparently have concern over) the loss, so the company continued to sink. BTW, among the lazy or complacent management, one must surely include the board of directors, who *could*have inspired change if they wre truly caring or interesteed. As for Fuji, I'm not in agreement with a concept that they may be "stepping into Kodak's shoes", because my take of the Fiji digital offerings is that they lack interesting consumer products, and consumers were "bread & butter" for Kodak.
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