With rumors appearing to be true that Kodak will orphan their web based viewing technologies it is hard to imagine their smaller partners will b able to maintain a competitive position in the marketplace. New technologies and a focus on services has created increased unease for the small companies that have spent years flailing about without ever gaining critical mass. This is bad news for many customers who will wake one day to find they have no service provider or that their service provider holds them hostage even while unable to maintain or upgrade their offerings.
Yep.
But that’s why small companies should be forging their own paths, making their own decisions and leveraging the same tools that are causing the Kodaks of the world so many problems.
Umm, let’s put it this way…Kodak’s web-based what? Products fail all the time.