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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7738)	2/26/1999 9:15:00 AM
From: Wdiamond	Respond to of 10072

>>) (Iomega's) Low-cost (<$200) 2GB drive with MR heads. << >> I first heard about this last August in a published interview with Syed Iftikar, Boss of Castlewood. He mentioned Iomega was having a difficult time designing the drive.<< Right Rockies. And Syed would be the definitive source on Iomega, wouldn't he. Is this the same guy that has been spouting about his drive that was supposed to be out LAST YEAR. >>This would indeed be a good product... IF Iomega can introduce it AT OR BELOW the current DVD-RAM drive price. Iomega's optical drive will undoubtedly be a proprietary media (as keeping with Iomega arrogance), unable to work with the consortium Standard of DVD-RAM.<< You're a funny man, or uh men Rockies. You guys do standup anywhere? If they DIDN'T have proprietary media, you would be the first to say they are giving away the drives and they aren't making money on the media either. WD

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7738)	2/26/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: Wdiamond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Rockies. Just thought y'all might like to know that also in the March 9, 1999 issue of PC Mag there is a nice article on the Clik! drive. Looks like we will have to start calling the HIFUD "Vapor!" from now on. I will scan the article later and see if it has any info you guys might want to know. WOW, do you think Iomega bought PC Mag so they could get all of this great free press, Rockies ? Or are their products just that great? WD

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (7738)	2/26/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Respond to of 10072

Lucy <<Bear in mind that this new drive will kill off the margins that Iomega was used to with Jaz.>> don't know why I even bother to respond to you anymore. since you think you know, what margins is IOM enjoying now with Jaz? what margins will the new drive have that will not be as good as Jaz? How will the new drive sell relative to Jaz given the lower price point? And since they now own SYQT technology and could re-introduce any SYQT drive that was originally on the market priced comparably, which you claimed to be technically superior (and which SYQT claimed could be sold with healthy profit making margins), how is that they're having problems? you like to hear yourself write.