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To: Gary Wisdom who wrote (5021)	12/9/1997 7:43:00 PM
From: Sowbug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7685

<<As they do this, the price difference between Zips and Sparqs will increase (as no doubt Syquest will not be able to lower the $33 price anytime in the near future).>> If they license the technology out as quickly as possible -- say to some of those badly beaten Asian manufacturers -- then disk prices could easily drop. E.g., CD-R prices. What were they, $50 in 1993? And now $2.99 at Fry's? I know the comparison's not perfect, but there's no reason why the price can't drop by 50% in a while. True, the same thing would happen with Zips, but then at least we'd get over the absolute price barrier that you've identified for a single SparQ disk. I hope SYQT does all it can to license SparQ technology to other mfgrs, unlike bonehead John Scully in the mid-80s.