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I would argue that Kodak was right to jump into digital photography, but made some really bad decisions about how we'd take pictures. Sony made the correct call by concentrating on the cellphone market with the experience from their pro offerings. Kodak got the digital leap but didn't quite get the form factor leap.

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People also seem to forget that Kodak owned the entire digital still photography market for its first decade. They had a 1 megapixel sensor during the Reagan administration, for crying out loud.

Amazing isn't it. I get the feeling a lot of people don't look beyond film. Too bad their management seemed to have Xerox disease.

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