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Indeed. If only they hadn't given their janitors paid vacation, they'd be in Apple's position right now!

You're quite righty but imagine if they didn't have janitors at all - then they could have been AppleGooglebook!

Well, it was a number of terrible calls by their management that put them where they are now. Your example is just a tiny piece.

Kodak died for the entirely unrelated reason of not pursuing changing markets and trying to hold onto their core business even though it was dieing.

Kodak died because invested heavily in a technology that became obsolete (analog film), not because they treated janitors well.