From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 11:44:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA24531 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:44:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA24517 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:44:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id NAA26366; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:43:43 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199610301943.NAA26366@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! To: rwc@cscfx.sytex.com (Richard Cramer) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:43:42 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu, dclinux@wauug.erols.com In-Reply-To: <199610301919.OAA00016@cscfx.sytex.com> from "Richard Cramer" at Oct 30, 96 02:19:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Warning to ALL! > > We just got off the phone with Sony Tech Support re: their SCSI DAT Drive, > Model No. SDT-5000/BM & SDT-5200/BM and a problem we were having with a > new drive we just received from TechDATA. Sony said they did not support > any "Unix" operating system, specifically Linux and FreeBSD which were > "shareware" (obviously he doesn't know what shareware is). Unless we wished > to discuss problems found on Windows, Windows95, or WindowsNT he could offer > no help!! > > I hope everyone in the "Unix" environment takes note of their position and > reacts appropriately with their buying decisions. Their loss, since the real demand for DAT storage solutions is the higher end computing environments, where Microsoft products are typically viewed as desktop toys. That could change if somebody could give me a $200 4MM DAT drive with reasonably high storage capacity... but Sony is not the player I would be betting on to achieve this goal. I agree with the philosophy of not buying from cruddy vendors with bad attitudes, but I will also remind you that the various UNIX variants around (both commercial and noncommercial) have typically done a good job of supporting hardware despite the manufacturers. Not that I am encouraging anyone to buy this thing... ;-) ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/546-7968