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

To: Francis Muir who wrote (39800)	12/14/1997 11:04:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

FIDO, * OT * I had the street.com trial. When I didn't subscribe after the 2 weeks I lost access. I think street.com puts a cookie on your HD. A number of pay sites (WSJ amomg them) now do this. Even free sites like AMAZON have it as an option. GM

To: Francis Muir who wrote (39800)	12/14/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: KM	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

FIDO: Re Street.com and IOM: They'll kick you off after awhile if you don't subscribe. I can't imagine being without it anymore. I have made more money this year from ideas I got there than I can tell you. It's great stuff. In the Dallas Morning Snooze today, another great big SparQ ad. This one says, "Thinking about buying a Zip drive - consider the SparQ" or something to that effect. It makes it sound very appealing to the unsophisticated computer shopper (like I was before getting onto this forum). Cheaper, holds more stuff, etc. This drives me crazy. I wish IOM would advertise like that here. The computers are flying out of the stores for Christmas. Maybe they feel they don't need to. Anyway, my blood pressures rises 50 points every time I look at those ads on Sunday.

To: Francis Muir who wrote (39800)	12/14/1997 11:23:00 AM
From: KM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Fido: Re: Street.com - They don't necessarily say, "here, go out and buy this or sell that" but teach about how to trade cyclicals, how to pick up on "tells", how to intepret moves in the option markets, etc. I think a lot of folks just want to be told what to do and not have to figure out why [not talking about anyone here]. To me, it's an incredible bargain to hear what Cramer has to say every single day, sometimes 2-3 times per day. I held onto it like a life preserver on Gray Monday, I can tell you that. I was very reluctant to give up on some of my long tech positions even after the Oracle call, but reading Cramer's take finally convinced me and saved me mucho dinero. There's also Gary Smith's stuff which is good - he's a regular guy who trades at home now (my fantasy).