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From: dpgerdes@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Microport's Improved Tape Drive
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Date: 21 Apr 89 04:18:00 GMT
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!dpgerdes    Apr 20 23:18:00 1989



 >> Microport was a TEAM effort.  We all *wanted* it to succeed.  I don't think
 >> that anyone was putting in less than 10 hour days for the most part, with
 >> many doing more than that.  Of all the things that are no more, I miss
 >> that feeling of "family" we had the most.

   Thanks for printing all that.  I am really sorry to see Microport go under.
I had my tough times with them too, but I found the technical staff extremely
helpful.   They took a lot of abuse in this echo, and at least in my case I 
found little reason for complaint.  They, including yourself, got me through 
a number of struggles and Ken Chapin was especially helpful and always willing 
to answer my questions.  
    The final result is, of course, that I managed to get our GIS system up 
and running under an operating system that no one will be able to get their 
hands on.

    -dave gerdes