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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: System V driver for Colorado Jumbo Tape Backup needed
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.154550.24836@bilver.uucp>
Date: 4 Apr 91 15:45:50 GMT
References: <68177@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1991Apr3.080955.21382@cbnewsd.att.com>
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In article <1991Apr3.080955.21382@cbnewsd.att.com> merlyn9@cbnewsd.att.com (michael.t.sedwick) writes:
 
>  I have gone round and round with numerous differing persons at CMS, for over
>a year on just that; backup software for Sys V UNIX! How can a company sell a
>hardware product for $300.00 ($249.00 mail-order), then turn around & tell
>UNIX users they REQUIRE a $200.00 piece of software to access this device?

Easy.   They have you by the "Johnsons" (see Police Academy for that phrase)

On a similar problem with another tape vendor, I could not get new drivers
for an upgrade of the OS, and was told they had not decided to do such.
My flame here at least got a reply from tech support, and now I get
conflicting reports.

But what I now do is buy NOTHING that is not supported directly in the OS
WITHOUT vendor supplied add-ons, UNLESS that manufacturer is targetting
specifically toward a multi-user/Unix market places.

If Unix is an aftermarket to a DOS based product you will always come last,
if at all.


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