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

To: Richard Smith who wrote (37089)	11/23/1997 4:33:00 PM
From: Gipper	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

I am a daytrader that is holding IOM long after a great deal of research. I have read nearly every post the last year and never answered but now feel compelled to say a couple of things. IOM could make everyone on this thread wealthy within 5 years if two things happen. 1. We stop wasting an incredible amount of energy and talented minds by allowing Rocky and others to draw us into discussions that go nowhere. I think we all know that IOM really has no competition and even if on should surface, it would take more than a year for them to get their act together. SYQT is no threat and should not divert us from talking about more important things. Customers treat them much as they were treated at Comdex. 2. This thread could increase IOM sales by 10% if we were able to communicate to our friends, in plain language, how one of the IOM products could benefit them. The minute you get into technical language their eyes begin to glaze over. "Teckies" are now in the same position that lawyers were 30 years ago. They speak in a language that is not meant to inform but rather to impress others of their knowledge and, as lawyers did and some still do, say nothing while sounding important. We have lost an entire generation of people because they cannot understand the "Teckie language". Just as explaining the law in plain language took more thought and exposed the speaker to the accuracy of their statement, so to will it require more thought to explain technology in a way that can be understood by everyone. My challenge to you is to find a way to explain to our friends the benefits of IOM products in a way that can be understood. The next time you use technical language on this thread, ask yourself "Is this meant to inform or impress".