From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 14:21:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA04767 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:21:15 -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 OAA04744 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:20:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA03778; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:20:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199610302220.OAA03778@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! In-Reply-To: <199610302212.RAA02811@crh.cl.msu.edu> from Charles Henrich at "Oct 30, 96 05:12:14 pm" To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:20:31 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org 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 > 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? Yep! Especially when I already have a product that covers that market, they come right off the ``lets go look at the folks and bring thier product in list'' without even another word... > 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... Glad to here you are happy with thier product, by why should I go look at it if their attitude is ``not to support Shareware OS's'' when my whole business is based on just that? -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD