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To: Sowbug who wrote (5125)	12/20/1997 8:23:00 PM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

RE: Tie Ratio for SparQ? Sowbug, >> it's completely reasonable for someone to spend $1,000 on the disks after buying the $199 drive. << At $33 each, that's 30 disks. Surely you don't consider that to be a reasonable tie ratio. Historically, SyQuest has seen tie ratios closer to 5:1. (I believe the latest milestones announced were 3 million drives and 14 million cartridges, which is slightly less than 5:1.) Typically, the tie ratio is higher for low-price, low-capacity removables (like the EZ line or Zip) and lower for the higher-price or higher-capacity removables (like SyJet, Jaz, or [I would assume] SparQ). I would be very surprised if they saw a tie ratio above 3-4:1. If SyQuest could get higher tie ratios, that would be great. I don't see any reason to believe that they'll be any higher than for any other removable drive. - Michael Coley - i1.net