Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
>
> Kodak, integrity? Give me a break. I delt with their tech reps for
> years about this issue of their Ektacolor paper fading. I saw
> classmates of mine in undergraduate school produce outstanding work
> that faded in no time. Kodak knew their dyes would shift badly.
> Eventually when Fuji had  came up with a better solution and rather
> than try to improve the stability of own their papers they just
> resented Fuji and badmouthed their research. That is why they are
> dying right now. George Eastmant would turn over in his grave. Their
> answer was to claim to us that their color technology was stable, it
> wasn't. Ask any portrait photographer from any decade. Kodak could
> have made a better product they just didn't care about longevity,
> never did. They had always owned the world. Well, they lost it.
>

Wasn't this exactly what prompted Wilhelm to get started? I think I 
read that in his book on image permanence. You can download the PDF 
at his site.