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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joshua Corbin who wrote (35494)	11/28/2000 4:12:22 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Joshua, Maybe so. This is pure speculation. No it's not. It's my opinion based on a very clearly drawn set of criteria. USR would probably have been considered a King. Now that I think of it, Hayes would have been the modem gorilla of yore. Iomega would have probably been considered a Gorilla because it controls the whole ZIP ball game. Joshua, those statements indicate to me that you truly don't understand the terminology. Modems are not and never have been the realm of primates. Now that you changed your mind about USR (switching it from being a Gorilla to a King) you didn't explain the specific market you're referring to. And the Zip drive market isn't the realm of a Gorilla because it is only one brand that competes with other architectures. To say Iomega is the Gorilla of Zip drives is comparable to saying that Siebel is the Gorilla of Siebel products. All of us are here to share and learn together. If you decide to hang around here with us you'll likely see that fairly quickly. But beware that the thread can become harsh with people who make bold, unsubstantiated statements when it appears they ought to be asking questions to help solidify their understanding of the manual. --Mike Buckley