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To: jwk who wrote (2948)	11/2/1998 5:38:00 PM
From: jwk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Lumpy himself informs us of the substanial headstart sighquit had in the market iom stole from them: >>>>> To: Allen Murdock (32578 ) From: Rocky Reid Friday, Oct 17 1997 4:01PM ET Reply # of 57789 ......snip..... Bear in mind that Syquest INVENTED this whole category of removable drives. .....snip..... <<<<<<< and also ( my last post from the vault ) >>>> \| Next \| Respond \| To: Eric Bowen (32152 ) From: Rocky Reid Wednesday, Oct 15 1997 5:26PM ET Reply # of 57789 .....snip..... Syquest's SparQ 1 Gig drive at the $199 price point is turning out to be a genius move. The low end 100MB end is gonna get truly brutal. The carnage that a war between a giant like Sony and a large mid-cap like Iomega can cause is gonna be intense. Syquest comes out smelling like a rose with a product that offers 10 times the storage with better speed at a price that competes directly with Zip Plus. The Zip Plus is already becoming obsolete even before it's rollout. .....snip.....