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

To: rocky haag who wrote (54282)	5/7/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

1.9 Million shares traded today. That means less than $15 Million. And this company has 262,000,000 shares outstanding. Not good. There is very little interest in this stock. The money has moved elsewhere. IOM's average daily volume continues its steady journey downward. This tired old Zip story is all played out, and will be finally buried when Sony's HiFi rolls out. Zip was a good stop-gap technology while it lasted, but as with every technological device, it must pass on to bigger, better things. Iomega has really dropped the ball on this one by not making Zip floppy-compatible. A new iMac might need a good, fast, flexible, dependable storage solution. Like Sony/Teac/Fuji 200MB HiFi. Floppy compatible 200MB HiFi compatible. And fast fast fast. Everything a brand new iMac owner could want out of removable storage.

To: rocky haag who wrote (54282)	5/7/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Daniel P. Dwyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

When I bought a new system at Compusa, I asked about a backup device and about Syquest. The man just shook his head and said get a zip drive from IOM. The drives are walking out of the store like hot cakes both new and refurbished. J&R ran a full page promotion in NYTimes for IOM zip and Jaz, both machines refurbished, but you had to buy 10 disks with the total package. Local Staples stores gets delivery every 3 days. They are all out of zip disks by the time the third day rolls along. Anyone else have stories from the trenches? That's what we need to hear. Sales from all of this advertising IOM and local coop ads are doing. Dan Dwyer