[rollei_list] Re: Kodak selling its film & paper divisions
- From: Chris Burck <chris.burck@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:54:06 -0400
LOL! the cubs. . . .
On Aug 24, 2012 10:07 PM, "Jon stanton" <Jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And the Cubs trading Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio
>
> Olympia, WA
>
> On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
>>
>>
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> 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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