News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by empath75 on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @05:51PM (#16269832)
Kodak is a zombie.
Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by syntheticnature on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:42PM (#16270154)
As someone who grew up in the shadow of what once was the "Big Yellow Box" I cannot emphasize this enough -- Kodak has very little still going for it and has shrunk greatly. At this point it's probably worth the gamble to them, as that's how dire things are.
Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by TylerE on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @07:53PM (#16270455)
To give a few numbers...

At their peak in 1988 they employed 188,000 people, with over 60,000 of those in the Rochester, NY area.

Today they employ fewer than 6,000, with only about 1300 in Rochester.

Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by boznz on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:10PM (#16284125)
6,000.. Wow! I seriously assumed just a couple of administrators
Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by matt_s on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:51AM (#16273434)
Kodak is just a brand that they essentially lease out. The various CEO's all shed any businesses that resembled something profitable in attempts to, well I don't know, help shareholders.

Another imaging company where Kodak has its HQ is going through a similar but slower downturn. You could say they are ... copying them (sorry). I think when a lot of the baby boomers finally retire from the workforce, office printing will drop off a cliff as far as usage goes.

Re:Kodak’s Dubious Blockchain Gamble by sempron64 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:15AM (#16273550)
Off topic, but I print research papers at work and always feel guilty about it because signs on the printers admonish you to think green... I can't properly read/think about papers otherwise.