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

To: Alan Rosen who wrote (52032)	4/6/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Bill Lin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

IOM project the 12 (?) year old 1.44 Mb floppy selling at $19 (!) still manages to outwit the 100mb zip. why? because the cartridges are essentially free. Its the same concept as free software. Addin card manufacturers use them to load their drivers, and so, the 3.5" floppy becomes an indispensible part of the computer. so, what is IOM to do? my solution: build a driver database and collect up to date drivers. This service will cost IOM about $200k a year in manpower costs, but with this driver database, they can allow OEMs and systems builders to download ALL the current Bios upgrades, systems updates, driver updates and patches. I know that there are already sites for this, but for ZIP to work, the files have to fit on in a compressed file only 100mb big. Is it better in a CDROM format? I think if you are working with files older than 1 month, yes. But if you are dealing with new motherboard bios updates, released on that companies website, but not on CDROM (production delay) then that cdrom won't help you. This is a way that local PC shops can add value to their customers (keeping them up to date with improved drivers and patches) and transfer that info on zip disks. sorry its not well explained, but you get the idea... zip based updates from the web is faster and more up to date than cdrom. BL