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

To: Michael Coley who wrote (37535)	11/26/1997 10:15:00 AM
From: jwk	Respond to of 58324

>> ....continual delays, lack of software, contractual issues and confusion in that market have made DVD the non-event of the year in PC technology, and the first half of 1998 does not look much better. << Rocky heavily touted DVD as theZip Killer all last winter. Alan M. and other techies here wrote a series of excellent posts explaining why DVD would not compete in the same niche as Zip. None of them made a dent on Rocky's reasoning (oxymoron?) Don't believe he has ever owned up to being totally off base about it.

To: Michael Coley who wrote (37535)	11/26/1997 10:32:00 AM
From: Fred J. Ledo	Respond to of 58324

Excellent find Michael, "Another misstep was the large bet Toshiba placed on DVD, a technology that it codeveloped and saw as a differentiating technology for its home systems. But continual delays, lack of software, contractual issues and confusion in that market have made DVD the non-event of the year in PC technology, and the first half of 1998 does not look much better. " Particularly the market confusion. More competition can create confusion and not all consumers "research" before buying. Brand awareness is the key. Hey, this goes back to that marketing stuff again.... I'm not overly worried about Sony or Syjunk just yet.... Go IOM Fred