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To: Mike Winn who wrote (1693)	11/19/1997 9:22:00 AM
From: ForYourEyesOnly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 60323

Compact Flash as industry standard: If CompactFlash is available ROYALTY FREE to big *ss kicking firms like NEC, what is to keep them from mass-producing these cards and eventually ignoring SanDisk? Can the members of CFA make these cards as they please? If so, do they have to give any royalties to SNDK? If not, kiss this one goodbye. NEC and the other boys will roll them over with a steamroller. If SNDK can get royalties, then all is WELL. In October, 1995, 12 prominent computing, imaging and consumer electronics companies established the CompactFlash Association (CFA), an organization that is promoting the CompactFlash storage specification as a new industry storage standard. The CFA's founding members are Apple Computer Inc., Canon, Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, LG Semicon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Motorola, NEC, Polaroid, SanDisk, Seagate and Seiko Epson. Since that date, numerous firms have joined the CFA. SanDisk has transferred the CFA trademark and technical specifications to CFA which makes it available under a royalty free license to other third party manufacturers who commit to develop, manufacture and supply CF products.