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To: RagTimeBand who wrote (5828)	3/13/1998 4:57:00 AM
From: Dr. Andreas Starke	Respond to of 7685

Pushing SparQ or 2GB JAZ The $1 is the additional manufacturing cost. I think for a SparQ or a 2GB-JAZ one would pay $20 additional (i.e. $120 instead of $100, I don't know the exact price) to have this feature because it is a very very high benefit. It really finishes with media confusion on the desk or at any other place where storage media laying around. I think it is a significant simplification for the business. Sold for additional $20 that means a retail price rise of roughly $13 at additional manufacturing cost of $1! The additional >$10 net revenues are the benefit for the shareholders. Furthermore: Once such a product would have been introduced who then would buy "naked" cartridges (with no electronic index display) any longer? I am sure, the extra $20 won't be a significant handicap neither for a professional user nor for the freak at home. But the benefits for the investors come From the additional $20 for several hundred thousand units Regards Andreas

To: RagTimeBand who wrote (5828)	3/13/1998 7:23:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7685

Article on page 162 of the April issue of CMP Windows Magazine: Jaz 2GB Shows Bigger Is Not Best Last paragraph: "Still, the Jaz 2GB's competitor, the SyQuest SyJet 1.5GB on our WinList, remains the better choice. Though offering smaller capacity (1.5GB), the SyJet copied files 5 percent faster on the same system, and its price difference per megabyte for media is a healthy 30 percent less. The SyJet 1.5GB also costs $350 less than the external Jaz 2GB drive, and $250 less than the internal model."