From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 12:14:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA26095 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:14:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA26084 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:14:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA03593; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:14:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199610302014.MAA03593@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! In-Reply-To: <199610301919.OAA00016@cscfx.sytex.com> from Richard Cramer at "Oct 30, 96 02:19:16 pm" To: rwc@cscfx.sytex.com (Richard Cramer) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:14:37 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu, dclinux@wauug.erols.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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!! Whom did you talk with at Sony? I'll cut my buyer lose on them and explain that as an OEM I'll be blacklisting there products from all systems for actions like this. > > I hope everyone in the "Unix" environment takes note of their position and > reacts appropriately with their buying decisions. So noted, Sony DAT products just got removed from my proposed new product offerings. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD