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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (50687)	3/18/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Rational	Respond to of 58324

>>We may not know until the next CC if Iomega can reverse its negative cash flow. The only way they can is if they either layoff employees, close down some manufacturing, or employ other cost-saving methods.<< Agree. The backlogs in the pipeline can also show improvement; we can know that during the CC. My main point in this discussion is that IOM still sits at a somewhat monopolistic position. This ego may have brought them to a bad state. [Well, their heavy advertisement strategy has not yielded much YET, except the cost and loss.] But, the severe punishment from the stock market is likely to make their ego force them to reinvent ways and products to show earnings, unless the market conditions deteriorate beyond their control (which looks unlikely). Sankar

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (50687)	3/18/1998 9:54:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

RE: More Zip Click o' Death The following just showed up in my email. I subscribe to the E-MU Sampler mailing list. (The "e6400" in the text is the model number of an E-Mu Sampler) -- ...I have yet to prove any cause-effect relationship but.... A couple days after hooking up my ZIP drive inline btween the e6400 and win950 osr2.1 computer, my zip drive came down with the infamous "click death" (there are many websites, newsgroups with information on this most common of ZIP drive disasters). Iomega says it will replace any ZIP drive with click death for free. BUT, I have been calling, emailing & writing (four typed letters so far) to them for two months with no response. I will never buy another Iomega product! I also use a Syquest Syjet which has been fast and maintenance free so far... -- Way to go Iomega! Another unhappy customer! What is interesting is that I also use a Syjet with my Sampler, and it has been flawless.