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To: John Hauser who wrote (44471)	1/8/1998 3:19:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

John Hauser, I am going to refer you to the Iomega thread. We have also been hashing out that issue over and over. About 12 million Zip drives sold in about 2 years, and now cranking out sales of more than 1 million per month. Becoming standard add-on for Sony and Apple. High end option for almost all major OEMs (Dell, HP, Compaq, NEC, etc.) More than 1 million Jaz drives. Profits steadily expanding at the same clip. Coming out shortly: Clik 40 MG drives the size of a matchbox and half the height. The disks are 2" by 2" and will hold 40 high resolution pictures with a price per disk less than the cost of film plus processing. Compare to flash memory cartridges at 10 to 20% of that capacity and 10 to 20 times the price. I could go on and on, but this is OFF TOPIC. Regards, David S. Long on Intel and Iomega

To: John Hauser who wrote (44471)	1/8/1998 5:00:00 PM
From: Barry A. Watzman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

For a whole bunch of reasons, CD-R and CD-RW will NOT replace conventional magnetic drives. Don't get me wrong, my CD-R is probably the single computer peripheral that I've had the most fun with and gotten the most enjoyment out of (largely for music CD's), and CD-R backups are great for archival purposes. But CD-R's are terribly difficult for the typical user to install and use and will remain that way. Because of this, they will not replace Jaz, Zip, Syjet and Sparc drives. You will understand all of this much more once you actually buy, use and install a writeable CD, as opposed to simply shopping for one. For an eye-opener, go to the Adaptec web site (www.adaptec.com) and subscribe to the CD-R message list. I do, however, think that Sparc will encroach on Iomega. Iomega will respond by lowering the Jaz price, but they can't match the Sparc media price with the Jaz, Spac uses a single platter to do what Jaz does with two platters.