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To: jmj who wrote (6093)	1/18/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: BBG	Respond to of 10072

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To: jmj who wrote (6093)	1/18/1999 9:44:00 PM
From: Buck	Respond to of 10072

Zacks says .05 for the earnings. I would say they were basing this on slightly above average Christmas sales. In fact, computer sales grew 41%. For the little it's worth, I'll throw my hat in the ring .08 based on great season sales. Great news about Sony! By the time they get their act together, we will be launching new products.

To: jmj who wrote (6093)	1/18/1999 9:49:00 PM
From: Eugene DeGiosio	Respond to of 10072

exactly. The point is to choose a format that you will be able to share data with others. If you are one of the few with a removable technology what good is it? This reminds me of the beta and vhs war. Beta was arguably the best technology but because most people embraced vhs it won. 8mm tried to make an attempt but failed. Once established it is difficult to subplant a shareable technology.

To: jmj who wrote (6093)	1/19/1999 6:11:00 AM
From: Bob B.	Respond to of 10072

jmj, Good point! Iomega gets customers because people do share. One office I visit has a mix of networked PCs and standalones. The networked data gets backed up on tape but none of the offsite IR people pay much attention to the data produced on the standalones. The workers on occasion see the need to back up or share their locally-stored work. One worker who does some specialized stuff produced for external customers uses a Jaz. The other 5 workers in the office have one old parallel-port Zip that they pass around - when you count the laptops, 8 or 9 PCs have data occasionally saved using this one drive. It gets banged around a lot but still works great. It wouldn't surprise me if some of the workers have snuck the durn thing out of the office to back up stuff on their home PCs. Now this may sound like a bad prescription for company growth, but here are the key points: First, the last two desktops purchased by this group, which replaced older machines and just arrived, have Zips built in. They were build-to-suits and were ordered that way: "a Zip drive? oh yes, we want one of those." What do you want to bet that as new PC's are ordered for the remaining workers, every one of them will want the same thing their mates have? Second, the company Y2K plan calls for each and every standalone, including machines that have not had new files created on them in years, to be backed up during the last quarter of 1999. The offsite IR folks are ordering zip disks and will come around to make sure this gets done. The Y2K worry, though not a big deal, will make the workers see the need to do the same for their home machines. No one may buy a drive - they may all sneak the PP Zip home in turn - but in both the office and at home they will use several multiples of their ordinary zip disk usage. And whatever removable-storage needs they may have, the one and only name that will come to mind is Zip.