[WangComputers]

Very few people understand the real reason why Kodak failed to dominate the digital world. It actually dates back to a 300 million dollar lawsuit which Honeywell won against Minolta over a patent for an autofocus system. The Japanese camera companies were so outraged over this perceived injustice that they vowed never to engage in technology sharing with American companies ever again and this ended up crippling Kodak's ambitions.

[ronsor]

> they vowed never to engage in technology sharing with American companies ever again

If this were really the case, I'm surprised the US government didn't engage in antitrust action.

[immibis]

Very US-centric comment. The US can't force entities of an entirely separate country to share technology.

[ronsor]

Not directly, but the US can and often does sabotage foreign businesses' operations in the US if they don't comply.

[wkat4242]

But kodak did do digital cameras. My first one was a Kodak.

[IAmBroom]

"Failed to dominate" != "did not make any".