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

To: Dale Stempson who wrote (44231)	1/21/1998 7:04:00 PM
From: Brendan2012	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

For future reference: My name is spelled B-R-E-N-D-A-N Everyone here seems to misspell it, not just you, Dale. Brendan

To: Dale Stempson who wrote (44231)	1/21/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: Eric W. Richesin	Respond to of 58324

I agree, If you were an OEM and had a choice to put a product in your PC that could be backed by a company that will be around in 3-5 years, would you chose IOM, or SYQT? IOM can back their product and improve their product year to year. Most OEM's are providing a 3-5 year warantee now. Quality is defined by the customer. The customer wants a product that works well, maintenance free, has good guarantee. Some people try to compete with this philosophy by reducing prices to compete. This is a failure from the start unless you have the volume to support the low prices. IOM has the Quality, the Price, and the Volume for a major OEM to make it's standard. I DO think the 1000 dollar PC will eventually have a ZIP as it's standard. Even if ZIP sells for 50 dollars each, Disc volume sales will rise offsetting the low margin off of 50 dollars. We are in a Win/Win with IOMEGA! Where does it stop? I remember when people thought AMD would take market share from INTC. AMD went to a whopping 40 dollars a share! I give them credit for trying, but now they are back to 20 and INTC is down to 75 and working on the next generation. AMD's total worth is not even INTC expenditures on Research and Development. The question is not when they will be able to compete, but, how long will they survive. We are in the same situation with IOM. They have the money to make a great product no matter what the standard is. If you were an Engineer, would you want to work for SYQT for 100K per year or work for IOM for 80K plus stock options? IOM will be around for a long time.