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To: La Traguhs who wrote (5551)	8/30/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7841

LT; Regarding the rapid growth in the enterprise sector of the storage business I thought you and the thread would be interested in one of the driving forces there which is reasonably well reported at the following link: TechWeb: "THE NEXT WAVE OF BUSINESS" cmpnet.com I also think this ongoing trend opens a lot of other investment opportunities. Best, Stitch

To: La Traguhs who wrote (5551)	8/30/1998 9:16:00 AM
From: William Epstein	Respond to of 7841

La Traguhs;' I hear you. However, using myself as an example. I began 4 1/2 years ago with a HD of 105 megs. I now use 3 HDs totaling 17 Gigs. Every computer expert I've talked to has advised me to add a much capacity as possible because I will grow into it and then outgrow it. I have generally found the maxim to be true. One reason is because each succeeding system requires more HD and succeeding updates of the programs I store and use get ever more complicated. I am forced to buy faster equipment and larger and faster HDs. I am a commercial artist. Photoshop now requires a scratch disk of 1 gig.just to run it. It wasn't so long ago that a 1 gig. HD was considered a big drive and 17 gigs. was considered main frame or at least, mini computer capacity. New computers even the cheap ones come with at least 4 gigs. of HD. I realize that most people don't have my requirements but they do use Microsoft Word. Look at the difference between the simple word processing program of 3 years ago and Microsoft Office today. My reference was to the longer term needs of the market. All industries go these fitful periods in growth (overcapacity, to many competitors) but the growth is still there. That is why the CEO of Quantum said that he didn't see any reason to change their business model. William Epstein