Re: Cliff 3D digital camera idea to Kodak

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cliff wrote about Kodak:

>...they won't ever stop looking for new creativity. They are after all 
>brave pioneers of photography for the mass market.

Cliff, you missed the NSA convention... Abstract from Dr. T:

>The Keynote speaker was Mr. Bill Ewald, retired from Kodak after 38 
>years of product development work, much of which was in stereo (hence 
>the nickname "Mr. Stereo").  The title of the talk was "Sixty Years of 
>Stereoscopic Innovation".  Without exaggeration, this was the best talk 
>I've heard in a long time.

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>- Finally, Bill stressed the conservatism in Kodak's philosophy.  Most 
>great projects were never materialized because of the fear of failure.
>"If you act and fail, you are in trouble.  If you do nothing, you
>are safe."  Kodak had the film machines that were printing film 24 hours 
>a day, 7 days a week.  These were like printing money for Kodak.  Why 
>bother with anything else?  This is a sad but true reality for many 
>large corporations.


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