Some are still making money -- they have a product that people want or think they want ...

Mr. Peabody raises a valid point -- I still have the sign I took from my Uncle's office when he retired and closed his factory down it says: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance -- Baffle them with bullshit."

My Uncle owned an optical laboratory, he manufactured eyeglass lenses for opticians and ophthalmologists.

That industry changed radically in the late 1980s and early 1990s ... Much like the static porn industry has today ...

What happened was the event of the one hour 'Lenscrafters' type retail outlets in the eyeglass industry. Over time the machinery that cut and polished eye-lens blanks became less costly and the larger optical outlets began using their own equipment on-site.

The smaller optician's shop became a dinosaur and faded away. Like Darwin's Law says: ?It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.?

I think there is a lesson to be learned in all of this -- Think smarter or become a dinosaur ragging and complaining in your downward spiral ...