RE: Response to Dvorak, Pricing of HiFD
Michael,
What a splendid response to Dvorak. Congratulations.
The one real unknown here, though, is the price of
the HiFD. I don't think it's going to happen, but
it is still possible that Sony has come up with some
technical innovation that will allow them to sell the
thing at a very, very attractive price. Their press
releases brag about the innovativeness of their read/
write head, so there's an outside chance that they've
come up with something that is a breakthrough price-wise.
The assembly line went into operation at Ford 84 years
ago yesterday, and the cost savings of that innovation
blew away the competition. It could happen. I don't think
it will--especially because Sony hasn't said anything
yet about the new head being cheap, only about it being
technically sweet (e.g., fast)--but it could. I think
this is the only way that Dvorak's choice of Sony will
pan out, and all of us on this thread should therefore
be especially vigilant for any solid hints about the
pricing of the HiFD.
We all have to remember that some day, somehow, the
Zip will become obsolete. I don't think that'll happen
in the next few years, of course, and my money is where
my mouth is on that, but we do have to keep watching
for the sea change when it comes. All technologies
have finite life cycles.
Cheers, Tom (long IOM) |
