Talk:Iomega

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The iomega.com links are all broken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:FB1:C7:684E:A971:1C14:D8D2:7171 (talk) 09:49, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Entry needs to be expanded. No history or criticisms? --24.249.108.133 22:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe an entry of the status of Iomega right now. Eltownse 20:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will get a list of competitors going - can others add to it? Can't believe how hard this info is to find. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David44357 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

acquisitions[edit]

Syquest (assets) in 1999.
Nomai (majority of stock) in 1998.

lawsuits[edit]

Irwin Magnetics over EZtape
Nomai over XHD disks (zip compatible).

Fair use rationale for Image:Iomega.png[edit]

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Introduction[edit]

Smells like marketing speak with little substance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.49.191.129 (talk) 18:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Further controversy[edit]

Sometime in the late nineties, there was controversy about alleged stock manipulation through artificial hyping in Internet forums.

After a few quick Internet searches, I found no references, but I wish to remember repeated mentions in either the Economist or Fortune, should someone wish to search deeper. 94.220.250.76 (talk) 18:08, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Iomega was a big deal on the Motley Fool message boards on AOL in the 1996 time range. This was the first case of investor hype on the internet as the stock moved from $4 to $5 a share to $30+. Initially there was some solid fundamentals and discussion on the stock, but later as the price rapidly raised, the messages boards turned into a bull/bear debate. I believe this was the first case of massive stock hype by amateur investors on a message board and was an early indicator of the dot-com bubble of 2000. It was a truly an amazing thing and would be good to mention if someone can do some research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.105.1 (talk) 01:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 February 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Iomega. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 11:58, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LenovoEMC → Iomega – Now that neither the company nor its products remain in existence, the name of the article should be the one the company was most known by. And that is Iomega, used from 1980 to 2013 including the popular Iomega Zip drive. The LenovoEMC name was only used from 2013 to 2018 during the tail end of the company's existence. As evidence for which name is better known, raw web search hits for Iomega outnumber those for LenovoEMC by ten to one. It would be nice if WP:NCCORP covered this kind of situation, but it does not, so I think general article titling considerations should apply. Wasted Time R (talk) 14:31, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per nom 162.208.168.92 (talk) 20:13, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support move per nom. Iomega is the common name. O.N.R. ^(talk) 00:16, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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