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

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (45637)	1/26/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Naggrachi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<<Competition? caleb-bldr.com Comments?>> A JOKE. To reach 1.7B in sales, they have to go through what IOM went through in the last three years. Zead

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (45637)	1/26/1998 9:09:00 AM
From: Michael Coley	Respond to of 58324

RE: Caleb Comments. Brendan, Interesting. I'd be surprised if this one (Caleb) ever makes it to the market in volume. Note on their company page that they want to reach "semi-volume production of both the UHD144 drive and the 144MB media" by Q2 98. Semi-volume? What's that? Now look at their marketing page. There, they show you the "product roadmap". They plan on introducting: Q1 98: UHD144 - Hmmm, their other page says Q2, and only in "semi-volume". Q4 98: 12.7mm UHD144 - At a lower price than their 25.4mm? Wow! And much quicker than Iomega at developing a 12.7mm product. Q1 99: 12.7mm UHD270 - Boy they obsolete their products fast. TBD: UHD540 Also, I think 144MB is dangerous to market, especially if the form factor for disks is exactly the same as 3 1/2" 1.44MB's. People will confuse them with 1.44's, think they can use them in current drives, wonder why they cost so much (thinking that they are 1.44's), etc. - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: Brendan2012 who wrote (45637)	1/26/1998 9:12:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 58324

Brendan, Caleb drive: I'm skeptical that a drive that needs two types of heads (one for conventional floppies, the other for the the new high density disk) and uses two different spin speeds/data rates can be made "cheap". Since there are more components, reliability will suffer, also. Caleb says they'll ship 2Q98 " Caleb Technology will focus its initial efforts on semi-volume production of both the UHD144 drive and the 144 MB media in Colorado by Q2 1998." Seems they're still looking for funding. I'm not worried. GM