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

To: sheila rothstein who wrote (46476)	1/31/1998 8:56:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Sheila, >When there's a prototype of a new product how long does the ramp-up take?< They wouldn't ramp until they had significant orders. Last I heard, Iomega has no OEM customers even committed to use Click! yet. I think it's a neat product, but much has to happen before it contributes significantly to the bottom line. I'd expect it to take 6 months to ramp up to significant volume. Remember how last year they had back orders on ZIP? That shows how difficult it can be to ramp production. Nor is this a problem unique to Iomega. Who hasn't heard of IBM and Apple at various times losing laptop sales because they couldn't make them fast enough? Gottfried