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To: Cogito who wrote (8278)	3/15/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Cameron Dorey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

OT: Orb stuff Allen, you said, "I'm sure that in the meantime, thousands of Iomega customers, or potential customers might by Orb instead of Jaz." According to estimates I have seen on the web (not by any acknowledged Iomeganut I am aware of), you might have meant to say "tens" instead of "thousands." The estimate I saw was in response to the question of just how many Orb drives are out there. The answer was " 7 ". Well, Ricky, I've been looking at comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, too, and I have found things like: Message ID: 7cj77p$hpc$1@blackice.winternet.com "Orb...the real world stories" Original problem was that the poster cannot get a Zip and Orb to coexist, although he had the Zip working fine before he installed the Orb. >I communicated by e-mail with Castlewood, but we never resolved the problem. Their response was basically: "We have a computer here with both an ORB and Zip and it works fine, so we don't know why it doesn't work for you." If that's the email "help" that you get from Castlewood, then it's nothing to brag about, not even for you. Cameron "Out to lunch. If not back by 5:00, then out to dinner, too."

To: Cogito who wrote (8278)	3/15/1999 2:15:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

Allen, good point > if Castlewood can build and sell a 2.2GB removable hard disk device profitably for the prices they charge for Orb, there is no reason to believe that Iomega cannot also do it. No one has more experience making magnetic removable storage devices.< And Iomega has the advantage of better brand recognition. We should assume that management and the design team at both firms are up-to-date on all technology developments and are capable of selecting those they need for the product they want to market. It is unlikely anyone on this thread can think of a design consideration that has been overlooked. Gottfried