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Technology Stocks : Disk Drive Sector Discussion Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William L. Vu who wrote (2677)	3/5/1998 4:49:00 PM
From: Chuck Bleakney	Respond to of 9256

>> Certainly not Fujitsu. They can manage a $50 DD for the sub-$500 PC. << A disk drive in this range is almost the same price as a mid-range CDROM drive... I see that as too difficult to sustain any kind of industry research and therefore a dead end. Granted this is a VERY low end product... but that kind of low end pressure is bound to also drag down the top end and it will have the same result of chilling R&D. Someone has to pay the price for advancement. Its best to spread it out over all of the products that are a result of that R&D. Whose pocket is it going to come out of? I just don't believe its a sustainable industry at those levels... Do you? Chuck