Kodak and the M8 sensor

[Photoskeptic]

Announcement today that Kodak is merging with AT&T and this from Kodak, digital is dead, the future is telecommunications (or words to that effect). I wonder where this will leave Leica in regards to the M8 sensor? Of course this will not happen overnight but it does call into question much of what Kodak has done in the past vis-a-vis their digital cameras.
Comments?

[tashley]

Originally Posted by Photoskeptic

Announcement today that Kodak is merging with AT&T and this from Kodak, digital is dead, the future is telecommunications (or words to that effect). I wonder where this will leave Leica in regards to the M8 sensor? Of course this will not happen overnight but it does call into question much of what Kodak has done in the past vis-a-vis their digital cameras.
Comments?

I am not seeing that announcement anywhere!

Tim

[Photoskeptic]

Tim, it was posted on The Online Photographer by Ctein.

[stunsworth]

It wasn't posted yesterday by any chance was it?

[jcbjr]

Originally Posted by tashley

I am not seeing that announcement anywhere!

Tim

tim- there is absolutely no truth to that story.

john

[jaapv]

Originally Posted by Photoskeptic

Announcement today that Kodak is merging with AT&T and this from Kodak, digital is dead, the future is telecommunications (or words to that effect). I wonder where this will leave Leica in regards to the M8 sensor? Of course this will not happen overnight but it does call into question much of what Kodak has done in the past vis-a-vis their digital cameras.
Comments?

I imagine the "worst"that will happen is that the chip division will be sold off to some interested party and carry on as before. I'm sure that there is some contract garanteeing the continuity of supply in these cases - there nearly always is. The word on Wallstreet yesterday was that it will end up in the same conglomerate Leica is in giving Leica full access on sensor technology to take on Canon.

[rwfreund]

Also,
Siemens announced yesterday that it is acquiring AT&T since it changed its mind after recently divesting itself of its mobile phone business.
" we decided that although the handy business is not our glass of beer, there is a huge opportunity to recycle all that copper wire no longer needed due to the increase of cellular usage and the replacement of copper wire with fibre optic cable"

[aandres]

Please note that the Ctein's post was on April 1

[jaapv]

Originally Posted by aandres

Please note that the Ctein's post was on April 1

Spoilsport!!!

[tashley]

Originally Posted by jaapv

Spoilsport!!!

Hmm, we have an April Fool Rule in England that if the trick is perpetrated after midday on the 1st of April, the prankster is considered the fool rather than the victim. And there was me thinking that Wall Street had opened a day early and that Reuters, Bloomberg and the NYSE were all unaware of one of the biggest bits of corporate news in history. Silly ol' me!

:-)

Tim

[Photoskeptic]

Tim, sorry I didn't notice the date. I detest rumors or those who start rumors. An honest mistake on my part I checked the site yesterday and it wasn't posted so I figured it was a this morning post. Perhaps the moderators will just nuke this thread.

[scott kirkpatrick]

Interesting rule about late foolers being the fools. The post appeared very late, perhaps because Mike couldn't think of anything and called in the reserves at the last moment. And since Kodak has such an uncertain direction at present (how will they make money off chips, anyway?) it wasn't funny enough or silly enough to ring true as a poisson d'April.

For some good examples of April foolery, check out Slate's article on great Fools of the past 20 years. Like the hot-headed penguin-eating ice moles. Degoulace!

scott

[tashley]

Hey John! I wasn't referring to you but to the twit that posted the thing you then posted! Just remember, he's the dunce not you!

Tim

[Photoskeptic]

Thanks for the kind words, Tim but I had a large helping of "Gotcha Sucka". So I'm going to slink off to the pier for a bite and some street shooting.