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

To: Chucky who wrote (45957)	1/28/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>Sure IOM could alter the drives, but couldn't Nomai remedy that?<< Chucky - Nomai is using a fixed focal length reflector on their disks. It's just a little silvery dish. Iomega's prismatic reflector can focus over a range of distances, and is patented. Iomega can change the position of the light sensor on a Zip drive easily, making Nomai disks be rejected instantly, while all legitmate Zip disks would still work. It is the smaller distance between LED and sensor in the laptop Zips which makes the Nomai disks unusable, but that was just a coincidence caused by the fact that the laptop Zips have to be shorter overall. Nomai is going to have a very tough time coping with even minor changes in Zip drives. Meanwhile, I believe that a decision in the French court is due today or tomorrow. - Allen

To: Chucky who wrote (45957)	1/28/1998 10:39:00 AM
From: Michael Coley	Respond to of 58324

RE: How Big is Nomai? 1996 Rev = $29 million. Chucky, >> Nomai isn't that small, they have ads in several of my catalogs, and it could open the door to other makers. << They may be doing a little bit of advertising, but that doesn't make them big. From their 1996 annual report, they have revenues of $29 million and profits of about $480,000. They're about 1/5th the size of SyQuest and 1/50th the size of Iomega. Certainly, they're not insignificant, but "small" is a fair assessment. - Michael Coley - wwol.com