From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 14:12:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA04336 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:12:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA04329 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:12:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA02811; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:12:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:12:14 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199610302212.RAA02811@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.isp References: <558dnl$cop@msunews.cl.msu.edu> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In lists.freebsd.isp you write: >> 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. That is a mistake. Because of one bad tech rep you blacklist a company? Give me a break, the Sony SDT-5000 DAT drives are the best I've ever come across, having used Exabyte, HP, Archive, and Sony's... -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich