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To: Michael Coley who wrote (4130)	11/16/1998 8:34:00 AM
From: Linda Pearson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

Sharp Chooses Iomega's Clik! Drive as Preferred Removable Storage Solution for Handheld PCs newsalert.com Iomega Ships the First Cross Platform Removable Storage Solution for USB newsalert.com 25IOM%20 Compaq Signs Letter of Intent to Bundle Iomega's Clik! Drive With Their Handheld PCs newsalert.com Iomega Announces Next Generation Zip 250MB Drives and Disks newsalert.com Iomega Announces Record/Play Technology Initiative newsalert.com Iomega and Symantec JOIN FORCES to Provide Removable Media Support for THE Workstation and Server Disk newsalert.com

To: Michael Coley who wrote (4130)	11/16/1998 8:59:00 AM
From: rll	Respond to of 10072

"It looks like Clik has a couple more OEM's, but is probably slipping into Q1." These are not OEM's. They are just bundling a stand alone clik! drive with some of their product options. I was expecting a real OEM clik! built-in announcement. This is a big disappointment. Good catch on the probable delay in shipping the clik! This also is not good news. Who the heck is going to buy a USB ZIP 100 today when the ZIP 250 is going to ship within a month? You'd think they would have just made the new USB model a 250MB. I don't get it. rll

To: Michael Coley who wrote (4130)	11/16/1998 8:54:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>A few observations from the news releases...<< Michael - I have a couple of observations, too. After a long, busy day at work, I logged in expecting to see announcements that USB Zip and Clik! had shipped. One out of two is not good enough, in my book. Clik! is just taking too damned long. Of course, I could interpret this news the way Elaine would if it were Sony or Castlewood delaying the introduction of a product. "They are doing everything they can to get it right before it ships because they care about their customers." And that may be the truth in this instance. I'm sure that if it were at all possible they would have shipped this thing now. This seems to have been a last-minute delay. I haven't seen Elaine's reaction yet, but I'm sure I don't need to see it to know what it is. No surprises even remotely possible there. USB Zip shipping, compatible with both PC and Mac. That's good. The Zip music player, discussed on this very thread just yesterday, is looking like an actual possibility, based on the Liquid Audio news. That's good. One of the press releases actually mentions "20 million Zip users." - Allen PS: Elaine, notice that I have actually made a negative comment about Iomega. I can do that because, unlike you, I develop my opinions AFTER I see the news, not before. Just FYI, that's how thinking is supposed to be done.