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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (54631)	5/12/1998 1:10:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Re: LS-120 Thanks for posting the link to the Imation press release. I have to wonder what the results would have looked like if a couple of qualifying questions were also included, such as: Would your answer change if the backward compatible product you prefer was not compatible with the the overwhelming market leader in this superfloppy category? Would your answer change if you had to significantly sacrifice speed for backward compatibility? Regards - Dale ______________________________ >>> "However, 91 percent of survey respondents said that, given the choice, they would prefer a disk drive that offers the option to use both higher-capacity diskettes and their existing 1.44 megabyte diskettes. Only 5 percent said they would prefer a disk drive that uses higher-capacity diskettes, but discontinues use of the lower- capacity option. (Four percent said they did not know which option they would prefer)." <<<

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (54631)	5/12/1998 7:18:00 PM
From: rocky haag	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Most people are afraid of change. But then again the 3.5 is dead. People also do not hang onto old technology ie, cassettes versus cd roms. Change occurs over a product life cycle which is not cut and dried. As computing units become more mobile, the 1.4 mg disk will become a true liability, just my idea. And yes I agree with you networks rule but one still can utilize personal storage for use on ghost computer units, (esp. as network computing builds out, I mean who is gonna pay for Microsoft software when its more expensive than the CPU itself) Java will rule, and with that storage will be a more critical issue. peace good luck shorting I am only a long player