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

To: Alan Rosen who wrote (50859)	3/21/1998 11:12:00 AM
From: Dr. Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

LS-120 beats Iomega to market with 12.7mm drive Imation announced that the LS-120 12.7mm drive will ship in April. Iomega, where did all the R&D $$$s go????

To: Alan Rosen who wrote (50859)	3/21/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: Dr. Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Iomega at Cebit ... ... a no-show. Cebit is the world's largest computer fair and the most important for the European market. I have seen lots of TV and press coverage of the latest trends and stuff. Nowhere did I ever find Iomega mentioned. No wonder sales in international markets are falling short ... (should have saved some Comdex dollars for international appearances).

To: Alan Rosen who wrote (50859)	3/21/1998 11:27:00 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

All - For those of you who never get over to the SyQuest threads, I thought I should post this extract from one of my efforts there. >>BTW, I was at J&R Computer World here in NYC this morning. I asked a salesman if they get a lot of returns on SparQ. He said that they do. He said, "SyQuest wants to catch up with Iomega, but they really blew it, because the SparQ drive isn't done right. They cut costs too much." I could see that three people were standing in front of the SparQ display thinking about buying. I asked the salesman if a lot of people were buying SparQ anyway. "Yes, a lot of people buy it. It's a good price. If it breaks, it doesn't matter because they just bring it back and get a new one." If the return rate of SparQ is approaching 10%, as has been reported here, then that will be another drag on profits.<< I've heard people in manufacturing say, "We can make the product fast, cheap and reliable. Pick any two." - Allen