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Apple should buy Kodak

Yeh why doesn't apple go ahead and buy canon and nikon as well... seriously i like the fact that there is competition also every company is good at their own stuff and producing it if another company buys them they might just take the best ideas and lead the bought company to bankruptcy
 
How about they buy Exxon Mobile ... ah, wait that is an oil company, not a mobile company.

Seriously ... only another Camera company should buy Kodak.

the camera on a Mac or iPhone does not compare with real cameras and most likely never will. :cool:
 
PracticalMac said:
For all those camera patents that are showing up on cell phones. At least Apple gets its money back. ;)
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One of the many reasons Apple is successful is they've always know what their core businesses are. Almost everything they sell is either their core business or products that end up sending revenue to their core business. 'Bying' Kodak would be as dumb as 'bying' Foxconn because they assemble the iPhone or 'bying' Samsung because they use their SSDs.
 
TC25 said:
One of the many reasons Apple is successful is they've always know what their core businesses are. Almost everything they sell is either their core business or products that end up sending revenue to their core business. 'Bying' Kodak would be as dumb as 'bying' Foxconn because they assemble the iPhone or 'bying' Samsung because they use their SSDs.
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Even though Apple could afford to buy Kodak, Samsung is more than 4x the size of Apple.

If anything, Samsung could buy Apple.
 
fireshot91 said:
^^ That annoys me. Just saying.
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Me to.

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D'OH!! ^2 ;)

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TC25 said:
One of the many reasons Apple is successful is they've always know what their core businesses are. Almost everything they sell is either their core business or products that end up sending revenue to their core business. 'Bying' Kodak would be as dumb as 'bying' Foxconn because they assemble the iPhone or 'bying' Samsung because they use their SSDs.
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As the article points out:

1. A number of patents Kodak holds applies to digital cameras, and Apple is concluding a suite with Kodak.

2. Their is a patent war right now, if you did not notice. Its not that Apple should get into the camera market, its that it should protect its merchandise from patent infringement claims or higher licensing fees by patent holders.


Of would you rather have Google or Microsoft get Kodak and charge Apple more for those licenses?
 
The title of this thread is "Should Apple By Kodak" not "Should Apple By Kodak's Patents". Yes, I noticed there is a patent war right now.
 
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Tarzanman said:
TC25 said:
One of the many reasons Apple is successful is they've always know what their core businesses are. Almost everything they sell is either their core business or products that end up sending revenue to their core business. 'Bying' Kodak would be as dumb as 'bying' Foxconn because they assemble the iPhone or 'bying' Samsung because they use their SSDs.
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Even though Apple could afford to buy Kodak, Samsung is more than 4x the size of Apple.

If anything, Samsung could buy Apple.
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Oh god. Please don't get started with this. Apple is the most valuable company in the world fact. Samsung is not 4 times bigger than the largest company in the world.
 
JP Morgan Chase has like 2 trillion in total assets. How big is Apple compared to that? And back on topic, I don't think Apple should buy Kodak. If you're worrying about patents, I would much rather have them buy webOS than Kodak.
 
aluren said:
JP Morgan Chase has like 2 trillion in total assets. How big is Apple compared to that? And back on topic, I don't think Apple should buy Kodak. If you're worrying about patents, I would much rather have them buy webOS than Kodak.
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Not to mention that JP has more than double the equity and almost double the revenue.
 
TC25 said:
The title of this thread is "Should Apple By Kodak" not "Should Apple By Kodak's Patents". Yes, I noticed there is a patent war right now.
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Well, I seriously doubt Kodak would just sell just its patents.
Ergo, if anyone wants Kodak's patents, they have to acquire at least a majority shareholder stake in the company.

Perhaps what I should have in title is "... to secure patents"
 
while I agree apple needs to do something with their cash (seriously, what could they possibly need all those liquid assets for?), buying Kodak does not seem like a smart move to me

though maybe that's why I don't run a big company...hehe

but really, doesn't sound like a good choice. Theres more to buying a company than just acquiring their patents, as I think google is going to find with their motorola deal. Apple does not want to be bothered with maintaining a company like that...at best, they should buy them for the patents and dissolve the company, but that is not really ideal for anyone, and I doubt they'd sell under those terms (is Kodak really in THAT bad of shape?)
 
Theirs alot of other companies that Apple could by. Why Kodak? There insignificant. If I was the CEO of Apple, I would of byed Verizon and call it Apple Wireless Incorporated. An company like Apple can afford too by any company in the world right now. Just saying.
 
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