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Date:      Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:28:53 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: M$ anti-trust case
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At 12:23 AM 4/18/2000 , G. Adam Stanislav wrote:

>Wouldn't surprise me. Nevertheless, their "deep scan" is not as deep as
>Steve's. His deepest scan not only refreshes the data, it reformats the
>underlying hardware while doing it.

He can only do this on MFM, RLL, and ESDI. He can't do it on SCSI or
IDE, because they don't allow him direct access to the hardware.

>They may have incorporated some of his code, but SpinRite still rules.
>Though, admittedly, it does not seem to be as well known (relative to the
>number of computer users) as it was some ten years ago. And it should be!
>Steve is one of the good guys in computer industry.

He is certainly that.

--Brett



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