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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito who wrote (37015)	11/22/1997 10:17:00 PM
From: Francis Muir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

There seems never to have been a problem yet with disk production, it has always been the drives that held things up. Nevertheless, I am sure that KE would enter into a deal with Nomai if he thought it was to Iomega's advantage. There is no room in business for either sentiment or animosity. FIDO

To: Cogito who wrote (37015)	11/22/1997 10:46:00 PM
From: jwk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Allen -- It was in a Mac the Knife column that Jeff Hayden posted a few days ago. I reposted it this morning in hopes of getting some knowledgeable comments about it. Der Knife has been a bit dull on his IOM facts in the past, so who knows what to think at this point. Here it is one more time...the url is skewed by now. I had to hunt around at the site to find it, so I've posted the text from it. To: jwk (36184 ) From: Jeff Hayden Monday, Nov 17 1997 10:40PM EST Reply #36191 of 36961 Jack, Check this one if you haven't yet. Nomai news. I don't know quite what it means. zdnet.com Speaking of sticky situations in strange new markets: Nomai is reportedly contemplating a graceful exit, stage left, from the competitive arena of disk-drive manufacturing. Instead, the company will hew to the blades-not-the-razor school of free-market capitalism, producing media, not drives, under its own label. In addition, Iomega may turn to former foe Nomai for the pure chewing satisfaction of its cartridges ------- SR -- Thanks. I will!

To: Cogito who wrote (37015)	11/22/1997 11:37:00 PM
From: Naggrachi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Re: License Why should Kim Edwards grant a license? What Nomai has done all along is nothing but blackmail. They figured that this whole cloned disk issue will put IOM in a corner and eventually grant a license. With or without this issue, the last thing IOM should do is become business partners with Nomai. These people are not to be trusted whatsoever. Look at their history with Syquest. Someone mentioned that IOM has never granted a license for the disk. Not true. There are numerous companies making disks under the Zip label. Sony is one of the names that comes off the top of my head. Zead

To: Cogito who wrote (37015)	11/23/1997 5:52:00 PM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Allen, >>I wanted to point out that Kim Edwards has stated repeatedly that Iomega will not grant such licenses. He has said that other companies will be licensed to produce drives, but not disks.<< Do you remember when he said this? I don't recall. As long as the margins on licensed disks are equal to or higher than those produced by Iomega, why not license? If they are not, the question is moot. But if they are, maybe the risk is letting the licensed manufacturers get too familiar with the fabrication process and all the intracacies of the Zip disk. Philip