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To: Ben Seibel, AIA who wrote (11)	8/30/1996 12:16:00 AM
From: Fred Fahmy	of 39

Ben, Skipping my vailed attempt at humor for a minute, my main criteria is also compatability. Compatability with what everyone else is using. Millions of ZIPs are already installed. Nine OEM's offer ZIP as an option. My key argument is that ZIP is already the new standard whether some people want to acknowledge it or not. I have already seen two sites on the net which offered stock photos on ZIP disks (options were CD's, tape, or ZIP). No LS120. Further evidence that ZIP is the standard is the fact that Sony and Fujistu have been selling ZIP diskettes for some time and EPSON has been selling the drive. LS120 is too little to late. Technology is too expensive, drive is too slow. LS120 technology was invented by Iomega and sold when they came up with a better solution. When KE (Iomega's CEO) was asked at a recent analyst conference call whether modifications had been made to the LS120 technology he said that the LS120 drive they had acquired and examined was essentially unchanged from their original technology. So, what does LS120 have going for it. Basically nothing. The only thing it has is backward compatability which to me is a non-issue and history agrees with me. When was the last time you used a 5.25" disk?? Downward compatability wasn't an issue in 8" being replaced by 5.25" or 5.25" being replaced by 3.5". As far as paying for two drives; a 3.5" drive adds about $20 cost to your PC. Internal ZIPs are being offered as an option in Mircon PC's for $99. ZIP in the retail channel are now $149 or less. Iomega announced early in 1996 that the strategy is to get the drive down to $99 as soon as possible. I think the current rebate is the first step in this strategy. At any rate, if you insist on having a 3.5" drive, it is still cheaper to have both a 3.5" and ZIP than a LS120 option. FF

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