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To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (7617)	2/22/1999 1:36:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Today's action is just like I said it would be. The is no reason for IOM to go Up. Even as the overall market (and particularly tech stocks) race upwards, IOM just sits there unchanged. PMA came and went with no OEM's, no Flop! deals, nothing, really. I saw no mention of Iomega or Flop! at all in any publication regarding PMA. Aside from the press release from Agfa about 2 high-end and expensive scanning and printing devices, Iomega simply was non-existent at PMA. Evidently, Iomega was not high priority subject matter for online magazines and industry rags. But I saw plenty of column space devoted to CompactFlash, and even Sony's Memory Stick. BTW, the intriguing thing I learned about Sony's Memory Stick is its built-in anti-piracy safeguards (which go WAY beyond a simple individual disk serial number). This is its advantage over CF or Smartmedia. But I wouldn't be suprised to see similar anti-piracy safeguards built into CF before long.

To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (7617)	2/22/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

>>Nikon Tech (Perello) support informed us that the clik! had not been officially field tested...<< ...Which may indicate Iomega and Flop! is a very low priority at Nikon. Remember, it was last Summer, I believe, that Iomega stated that about 1000 samples of OEM Flop! were delivered to potential OEM's. I doubt that Nikon was not included in this delivery. Out of this 1000 samples, only a small insignificant Korean startup (VaroVision?) bit-- this with an unproven product and only promises, not products, on the shelf. Surely 6 months is enough time. Or maybe it went like this: The Fed Ex package labled "From: Iomega Corp. " was simply laughed at by the Gen Manager of Nikon Product Development, and placed on a back shelf to collect dust.