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To: Barney Dunn who wrote (1972)	10/6/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

You keep on asking the same rhetorical question that I can't answer. I have no way of knowing what goes on in the heads of Compaq, etc. But the fact is, they already buy components from other competing computer like IBM and NEC, and Toshiba (among many others) all the time. There seems to be no problem here. And besides... It seems as though OEM internal HiFi drives will be made by Teac. And Teac is already a leading suppier of floppy drives to virtually every box maker now. Sony will more than likely make external HiFi units. If full retail price for 200MB HiFi discs are $13.99 (according to Fuji), then expect to be able to buy HiFi discs in a 10-pack for about $8 apiece everywhere. Maybe $6 apiece at places like Sam's Club or Fry's. Remember, full retail price for Zip discs are still $19.95. Zip and Iomega are in real trouble. If they try and match HiFi's lower prices, they will lose even more margins. And Iomega will suffer loss after loss after loss. Sony, Teac, and Fuji can keep prices low by subsidizing the HiFi product with a myriad of other hugely succesful divisions like Sony Playstation, Sony Records, and Sony Films (all hugely profitable). In a war of attrition, Iomega is going to lose badly.

To: Barney Dunn who wrote (1972)	10/6/1998 2:22:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Barney, someone mentioned a full retail price for ZIP disks. The street price is as low as $7.99 in 3-packs. Gottfried

To: Barney Dunn who wrote (1972)	10/6/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>my point is you have not given me one clear reason why Sony's competitors will embrace this new product?<< Barney - Dell, Gateway, and all the other computer manufacturers will embrace Sony's HiFD if and when their customers indicate that they want it. And the extent to which they embrace it will depend upon how many customers are perceived to want it. I don't believe that the big computer makers will be put off by the fact that Sony invented HiFD. Meanwhile, yes, almost every computer ships with a floppy drive, and the floppy drive was invented by Sony. But there are several different companies making floppy drives today, including TEAC, Toshiba and Mitsumi. - Allen