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Technology Stocks : Visioneer (VSNR): Does anybody know what's going on? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlib who wrote (1328)	3/27/1998 1:39:00 AM
From: jlib	Respond to of 1763

More Visioneer news and reviews: (Note: These long URLs break SI's autolink feature but you can still cut and paste them into into your browser.) Computer Retail Week Returns High for Sub-$100 Scanners -- Impulse Buys, Unasked Questions Blamed techweb.com Information Week WYSIWYG Scanning -- Visioneer set to roll out OCR software techweb.com Windows Magazine Visioneer Produces Fine First Flatbed techweb.com Information Week Visioneer PaperPort 6000 techweb.com HomePC Scanner's simplicity carries its wait techweb.com

To: jlib who wrote (1328)	3/27/1998 9:19:00 AM
From: Benjamin Ostrom	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1763

Thanks. It does seem that it's moving closer to a real competitor product for the Strobe. But I reviewed the Storm site. They are totally focused on the photo aspect of the market, ie from a marketing point of view. This may not be a bad approach. However, there are two things that concern my about Storm. The first is cash. They only have about $10 MM. The second, which relates to the first, is that unlike VSNR, they are still in the hemmoraging mode on the cost side. This was a cursory glance. The Sears contract is good for them, if they get the visibility and IF the market has finally come (we've all been waiting so long). It'd be great if these two companies got together. They look at different target markets: VSNR (documanagement/business/SOHO flatbeds) and Storm (inexpensive photo inputs). Sincerely, Ben