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To: craigl who wrote (2693)10/27/1998 1:03:00 PM
From: Kevin Linder  Read Replies (1) of 10072
 
Thanks Craig1;

Guess I will have to give up my "***** and Bullwinkle" fan club membership for confusing the Kinks and Lou Reed.

I have not held (long or short) Iomega for quite awhile although I do remain a fan of the products. therefore take my opinion for what its worth. IOM is a company that people either love or hate (see Bullwinkle reference). the overall product is very usable product and is needed. 1.44 floppies are extremely dated and almost useless compared to todays data files. Who will succeed in this category is anybodies guess: ZIP; Superdisk; HiFD; CD-Rw; Orb; Swan; or Sparq.

I think that the votes are truly not in yet. Zip looks like a clear leader with 18+ million installed units. Technology changes rapidly though. Continued sales of zip disks will mean some sales even if Zips were to be stopped being made today (they aren't).

I think a continued rise and then another burst of enthusiasm will be the future course of trading for IOM. It happened in 96-97 and is likely to happen from 98-99. Beyond that I think technology may need something more than a storage medium of 100 Meg. 200-250 Meg may not be enough either. A lot of what happens in the future for the whole storage sector is going to depend upon the adoption of video technology/Internet Usage and the need for businesses to store more info on electronic media and Y2K data backup.

Unfortunately people like Rocky will be around for a long time. IOM seems to bring them out of the woodwork.

Best,

Kevin Linder
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