Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1B Deal
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Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1B Deal
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Re: Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1B Deal
#2>Perhaps that means we’ll be seeing an AI-powered Xerox instant camera in the future…
I know this is just the writer and not Fuji Xerox, but how would that even work? Instant cameras use an analog medium, so it seems like anything you could do with AI would be limited.
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#3As long as they keep making film (instant and regular) I'm happy. :-)
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#4At the risk of being naive - Xerox hasn't been doing much with their IP and branding so they were to my mind on the way to being the next Novell - a former tech powerhouse bought out and reduced to irrelevance. This merger gives them a chance at continuing relevance by expanding their worldwide presence and perhaps finally trying to leverage the Xerox IP and branding to do more than cheap printers.
I'm glad that Fujifilm bought them rather than a completely unrelated business like, say, a patent troll or Oracle.
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#5>Perhaps that means we’ll be seeing an AI-powered Xerox instant camera in the future… I know this is just the writer and not Fuji Xerox, but how would that even work? Instant cameras use an analog medium, so it seems like anything you could do with AI would be limited.
Maybe the camera would do an advanced version of that peace-sign detection that some Japanese phones do where you can program it to snap the photo when exposure, etc. is good and everyone is smiling, eyes open, and looking at the sensor?
Yeah...that's a reach, you're right.
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#6I used to work at the Wilsonville, Oregon campus testing printers. At the time, years and years ago, it was the best paying job for a teen. Something like 15/hr. Anyways, the engineers there are really smart. The problem is that the printers just weren't nearly as robust or as good as the HP ones. And except for some paper heavy industries like the Law I think they're suffering from the same fate as the postal service when e-mail took off.
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#7As long as they keep making film (instant and regular) I'm happy. :-)
And the X100!
Re: Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1B Deal
#8>Perhaps that means we’ll be seeing an AI-powered Xerox instant camera in the future… I know this is just the writer and not Fuji Xerox, but how would that even work? Instant cameras use an analog medium, so it seems like anything you could do with AI would be limited.
Fuji do make a digital instax instant camera.
The camera itself is digital. You take the photo and then when you're ready you print it out to instant film.
They also do smart phone printers.
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#10Maybe the horrendous bug in the Xerox copiers that replaces letters and numbers with perfect looking different ones gave that brand the rest.