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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 00:57:17 GMT
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In article <431ucc$mn2@hops.entertain.com>, dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) writes:
> Us lemming-providers are concerned about support. Adaptec is one of
> the most popular controller manufacturers, so it follows that we'd like
> support for the product, whether its the 'best' or not.
Adaptec is *extremely* disinterested in providing support. This is obvious
from things like the developer program for the 2- and 3- series cards, as
well as other things. For example, while Unix systems represent a small per-
centage of cards sold, DOS and Windows represent the majority. Go look at a
copy of PC Magazine, Vol 14 no 15, September 12, 1995 on page 474. That's
the big Windows 95 issue, specifically the "SCSI Cards" section of a *large*
device compatibility table. Note that Adaptec isn't listed. Contact PC Mag-
azine and ask why. Find out "They didn't get back to us". If Adaptec is wil-
ling to ignore stuff like that, what do you think they care about the Unix
market.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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