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

To: w sun who wrote (52254)	4/10/1998 10:48:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

It is a statistical certainty that some small percent are failing. Multiplied by ~ 15M Zip drives and you have a large number of frustrated Zip owners. Instead of throwing it out and buying a new one after the warranty expires, or paying 1/2 the price of a new one to get it repaired, like with a VCR or TV, these people have the inclination and means to complain - the internet. So we hear from them. And now that IOM is in the doghouse, it seems like everyone enjoys kicking this pooch. But the COD problem is much smaller than certain ursines would have us believe.

To: w sun who wrote (52254)	4/11/1998 12:06:00 AM
From: cruncher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

ÿ Disk Trend analyst Jim Porter stressed that not only were Iomega's products within industry norms for failure, but that the risk for failure was statistically insignificant.