Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/17/17 11:49

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 00:19:28 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> Gave us:

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>"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:52:23 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>>Even in terms of PC storage, DAT has competition in the form of QIC,
>>>Exabyte, DLT and LTO.
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>> DAT totally creamed QIC, as well as exabyte (which is only a brand,
>> BTW).
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>> It had a 1GB capacity (or more) so it killed them there as well.
>> Once it came out, it was the standard choice of IT pros that new what
>> they were doing and had a budget to do it with.
>>
>> DAT backup softwares were typically in the $5k ballpark.
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>Nonsense. We used retrospect and it came in at around $200.
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At the END of the DAT life cycle, sure.

At the ONSET of the DAT life cycle, it was some of the most expensive
software out there, next to CAD and scientific and custom apps.

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