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To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (4465)	11/20/1998 12:17:00 PM
From: Kevin	Respond to of 10072

"several of the professional IOM bashers/shorters 'doubled down' their short positions" Except from his beloved Sony... LOL!

To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (4465)	11/20/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Re: Nikon and rotating media Cameron - The comment on Nikon's web site that they do not sell any digital cameras with rotating media has nothing to do with Clik!. At the time that statement was made the only rotating medium available for digital cameras were hard disk drives originally designed for notebook computers. It seems logical to presume that Nikon's statement refers to those drives. Why would they say that they don't sell cameras with Clik! drives, when it isn't yet possible to do so? Clik! will be the first "floppy" medium available for digital cameras. In many ways, floppy-based drive systems are less vulnerable than those based on hard disks. This should be especially true for Clik!, since it will undoubtedly use Zip's "spacer pad" approach to maintaining correct spacing between the heads and the spinning disk. Nikon may or may not ever make a digital camera with Clik! built in. Since their cameras are oriented to the professional user, who doesn't really care about media cost, they may prefer to continue to use flash memory. On the consumer end, things will most likely be different. I believe that we will see digital cameras with on-board Clik! drives within the next six to nine months. Of course, I am only extrapolating, and I could be wrong. - Allen