Be afraid, be very afraid

Robert Harley (Robert.Harley@inria.fr)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 19:45:46 +0200 (MET DST)


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Paul Barton-Davis sprung this shocker on the list:

Has anyone else seen Quantum's comments on their "a/v" drives ?

"Disclaimer: The Quantum AV drives have been optimized for use in
digital video and audio environments. These optimizations make
Quantum's A/V drives unsuitable for use in applications where data
integrity is an absolute requirement. For applications where Quantum
drives will not be used exclusively for digital AV, please consider
Quantum's non-optimized line of hard disk drives".

Gives a new meaning to the word "optimized", eh? "We made 'em really
fast, but oh, sometime they lose bits".
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I'm really lost for words, other than "what on earth is this industry
coming to???"

Rob.