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To: j glad who wrote (3735)	11/10/1998 9:48:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Gosh Darnit. IOM dropping like a rock at the open. $7 1/2 so far. I may be holding on this turkey too long. But I have revised my Sell to next Wednesday based on further Chart analysis and Comdex History trading patterns. If I don't make as much $$$ by holding too long this time, I'll still have my Short positions riding IOM all the way down after Comdex. That'll be of great comfort.

To: j glad who wrote (3735)	11/10/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

Just tried to Short KTEL. Broker says no shares available. Sigh. That would've been as easy money as my GERN short right now. IOM is another virtually guaranteed Short after Comdex. Maybe even right now. Can I borrow any shares here?

To: j glad who wrote (3735)	11/10/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

>>Sony has made a standard before with the 3.5" drive and I am betting that they can do it again with Sony HiFD.<< Yea...just like they did with Beta vs VHS. >>By any measure, Sony has more resources and more dollars than Syquest or Iomega.<< Yes, and it makes you wonder what is taking Sony so long with HiFD....being the great, terrific, wonderful company that it is... Philip

To: j glad who wrote (3735)	11/10/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 10072

>>You may very well know more than I know on the technology front. I am betting that you do not know more than Sony. Sony has made a standard before with the 3.5" drive and I am betting that they can do it again with Sony HiFD.<< J. - You missed my point, but you do bring up another interesting one. First, I was comparing my knowledge to that of some pundits and analysts who say that CD-R or DVD-RAM or some such will eliminate any need for Zip. My belief is that while those technologies do overlap some of Zip's uses, they don't overlap all of them, leaving room for Zip to continue to prosper in the marketplace. Sony apparently agrees with me on this. If they felt that CD-R or CD-RW or anything else was going to kill the high-capacity floppy market, they wouldn't be spending money bringing HiFD to market, would they? HiFD sounds like a terrific product. But it's still not here, it will cost more than Zip to produce and it's more complex. The 3.5" drive analogy isn't quite accurate anyway. When the 1.44MB floppy came out, the competitive product was the 5.25" floppy. The 5.25" floppy had a lot of drawbacks. The 1.44MB floppy was smaller, slightly higher in capacity and encased in a plastic shell to make it more durable. It was also not backward-compatible. HiFD has some advantages over Zip, but it has some drawbacks, too. We shall see what the public makes of it. - Allen