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To: s. bateh who wrote (9260)	4/20/1999 9:02:00 AM
From: John Solder	Respond to of 10072

Reports indicate that Sony Engineers were told by IOM Engineers that their drive implementation was faulty and the drive would never work. They were told to go home and start over, whereupon a senior Engineer from the Sony Data Storage division fell on his sword in the IOM cafeteria. When asked at a press conference what the worst part of the setback was Sony execs replied, "The worst part is having to keep Mr. Reid on the payroll until fall, that guy is such a weeniesan"

To: s. bateh who wrote (9260)	4/20/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: David Harker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Here is a correct link regarding "HiFD delayed until Fall" (determined via a search of the pioneerplanet site) pioneerplanet.com

To: s. bateh who wrote (9260)	4/20/1999 9:15:00 AM
From: Reseller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

I once wrote shortly after Sony had announced the recall that if they did come back in February it would take from 3 to 6 months for OEM qualification and IOM would likely have some 25 million drives in circulation. It now looks like Sony won't have OEM qualification until next year, IOM should have well over 30 million drives in the market place by then. I've also noticed that the HiFD advertising that had been so evident in the popular publications has also disappeared, perhaps a confirming sign of it's delay. sonynara Regards Reseller