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Ioptics: Microsoft-backed Start-Up
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Introduction Compact
This company was brought to my attention when I read about it in the local newspaper.

Ioptics is a Bellevue, Washington-based emerging company that is being backed by its neighboring giant Microsoft to develop smaller, ligher, faster, tougher, and cheaper hand-held devices that feature a new optical storage system, a new technology known as OROM, for optical read-only memory.

Tiny computers, electronic games, personal audio players--all may be transformed by the new technology, according to the article.

Microsoft, besides its investment of $9.5 million (along with Polaris Venture Partners) in the company, is also consulting with Ioptics on its marketing plans and opening doors for the company with various equipment manufacturers.

The technology will be officially unveiled at a technology conference in late March of 1998, and the company says its products will reach consumers by mid-1999.

If this has an IPO in the future, this could be a hot stock. Any comments regarding the company's fundamentals and potential are invited.
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39 What a shame I still think Ioptics idea is great. What happened to those &quoJaime Leiderman-7/3/1999
38 Interesting possibility. I thought I recall the company rejecting offers from iHeyRainier-7/3/1999
37 Ioptics website back up. Looks like they must have run out of money and are looRocky Reid-7/3/1999
36 Well, One year ago i thought Ioptics was going to be one of the stock market boJaime Leiderman-4/7/1999
35 Strange...no site. (EOM) HeyRainier-4/5/1999
34 Any thoughts on what has happened to Ioptics web site? JLJaime Leiderman-4/5/1999
33 They plan to go public on last quarter 1999.Jaime Leiderman-7/14/1998
32 Thomas, Thanks for giving us the update on Ioptics; It looks like we've stHeyRainier-5/1/1998
31 Rainier...et al, Here is a response from Steve Hubbard, CFO of Ioptics, to an Thomas Calvet-5/1/1998
30 OFF SUBJECT - BUT..... ========================================================jmhollen-4/14/1998
29 Thanks for the Ioptics info. Prototypes out in a few months and OROM reader foTim Oliver-4/14/1998
28 Let's clear the air about Ioptics: Here is an excerpt from Christian'sHeyRainier-4/14/1998
27 I suggest you read some of the past posts. There's only 25 of them. No IPO HeyRainier-4/6/1998
26 If I recall correctly, this company hasn't IPO'd yet....what's the jmhollen-4/6/1998
25 To all interested in Ioptics: I recently received an e-mail from a non-SI membHeyRainier-4/6/1998
24 Penny King? har. :) Joe PTG&LI !!! allstocks.com Subject 19610Joe Copia-3/27/1998
23 Michael, the company stated that they have plans in the future for an IPO. HoweHeyRainier-3/27/1998
22 Allen, I haven't been able to track down any information about the conferenHeyRainier-3/27/1998
21 Thanks for holding your breath everyone; it was a busy day today, but I was ablHeyRainier-3/27/1998
20 New to this thread...but been lurking for a few days....company interests me veMichael Kulikowski-3/26/1998
19 Hi Rainier, Thank you for bringing this intriguing company to si. Any idea whenAllen Sampson-3/26/1998
18biz.yahoo.com How OROM Works OROM works on an entirely new and patented approaftth-3/24/1998
17 OROM appears to be a wonderful ROM technology for pre-recorded materials, with jrgmd-3/24/1998
16 The patents: 5541888 Optical random access memory 5511035 Opticftth-3/23/1998
15ioptics.com Joe PTG&LI !!!Joe Copia-3/23/1998
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