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

To: Vaughn who wrote (40095)	12/16/1997 1:04:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>Beyond the fact that not many people care about a having a multi-generation device, Sony is going to have a difficult time building a product that performs to high performance specifications with new media and is able to live with the $00.39 media that we've been carrying around in our coat pockets for the last 6 years.<< Vaughn - I agree. Backward compatibility sounds like a good idea, but it really doesn't matter. It's more convenient to have two drives anyway. That's why I find Imation's ads for the LS-120 so amusing. Like their latest one that depicts an external version of the drive and says "Why would anyone buy a removable storage device that isn't compatible with their old media?", or words to that effect. My answer is: "Duh. Because I already have a floppy drive, Brainiac." Then the ad goes on to ask, "Why would anyone build one?" And Iomega's answer is: Over 1 billion in revenues per year, so far. - Allen