Exabyte versus DAT tape drives
Kevin D. Quitt
kdq at demott.com
Sat Dec 8 16:57:38 AEST 1990
In article <26755 at dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> rw at ascutney.dartmouth.edu (Randy Witlicki) writes:
> - Is an Exabyte or a DAT (Digital Audio Tape) system
> better (where "better" == price, robustness, availability
> of device drivers, etc.). The present environment we will
> be dropping it into will be SUN 3s and DecStations (Ultrix).
I look at it this way: Exabyte (if you've ever talked to them) thinks
it's IBM, and treats its customers accordingly. All Exabyte-based units are
made by a single company with no direct competition.
There are a number of DAT manufacturers. They offer a variety of
features, and are directly in competition with each other. This gives
them an incentive to better their product, and lower its price - an
incentive that Exabyte does not have. Competition never made a product
worse.
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