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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (8271)10/3/1996 5:14:00 PM
From: Trakker   of 58324
 
Jeff,

Interesting question: "What happens if the Internet becomes our storage medium". I have also come across the question: "What if our information could be stored in space/satellites". IMO, humans are adverse to allowing their stuff to be out of their "control". While the internet provides some security tools today, I feel it would go against human nature to have their information in a domain they don't really control. Plus, what would be the costs associated with renting the "AAA: Internet Storage Unit", how would you build the infrastructure to handle the transferral of data (unless of course T1 lines become cheap, commodity products).

Ellison/Attila the Hun = "AAA: Internet Storage Unit". IMO, that is his motivation. Get Joe 6-pack consumer to pay usage costs to store their data in his warehouse, thus providing him a monopoly (similar to TCI/MSFT/INTC) that he can manipulate as he chooses.

A model you could look at today is in corporate America: desktop storage vs. server storage. Why do we have hard disks on our desktop PCs? Why do desktop hard drives continue to grow at exponential rates in corporate environments? I think it is far too political to see this as a model, but you just never know.

take care, been enjoying the exchange of thoughts today.
trakker
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