Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 21:43:34 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: e8917523@antares.linf.unb.br (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI Message-ID: <199607180443.VAA09115@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 17 Jul 96 15:17:46 -0400. <9607171916.AA15271@antares.linf.unb.br>
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>> Terry was asking a *question* here, to determine whether or not the
>> individual making claims that SCSI was significantly higher-priced was
>> speaking from a US market perspective (where they're cheaper) or from
>Ok, maybe I overreacted. But the fact is that I fail to see why does it
>matters if the prices were inside US or not. If the answer to that
>question was a "yes", what would it prove besides that that person in
>particular was wrong about prices? Will it change the reality in other
>countries? Will it have any significance at all on the development of
>FreeBSD?
I think if the answer was "No", his advice to go look up "Dirt Cheap
Drives" in Computer Shopper would likely be a useless suggestion. His
advice only applied if you lived in the U. S. Lighten up.
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