[rollei_list] Re: Kodak selling its film & paper divisions
- From: Jon stanton <Jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:07:13 -0700
And the Cubs trading Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio
Olympia, WA
On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> One of the all-time great business blunders was Kodak's refusal to buy
> Chester Carlson's patents that resulted in Xerox. Kenneth Meese said "Kodak
> is a chemical company and this is not a chemical process". This is right up
> there with Western Union's turning down Bell's telephone patents.
>
>
>
> And Xerox invented the computer mouse and had no idea what to do with it.
> Young Steve Jobs saw the invention at a Xerox research lab... he new exactly
> what to do...
>
> This is the stuff MBA candidates write their theses about...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
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