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To: Cogito who wrote (1989)	10/7/1998 1:50:00 AM
From: Chucky	Respond to of 10072

Re:"But there are several different companies making floppy drives today, including TEAC, Toshiba and Mitsumi." Allen, I was wondering, do those companies license the floppy technology from Sony? Do any of the products that Rocky mentioned previously have the potential of being cutoff from the manufacturers by a licensing company like Apple did to its licensees and thus leaving a company without a compatible alternative (as opposed to using another company's hard drive, monitor, etc.)? Later Chucky