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[Veritas-bu] Two DLT tape manufacturers?

2001-08-08 16:54:40
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Two DLT tape manufacturers?
From: dcaparas AT borland DOT com (Dennis Caparas)
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:54:40 -0700
Fujitsu and Fuji are totally different companies. I worked with Fujitsu before.

"W. Curtis Preston" wrote:

> Here's a blurb from a legal statement on Quantum's website:
>
> "...the Company's continued receipt of media royalties from Maxell, Fujitsu
> and other media manufacturers..."
>
> Is Fuji and Fujitsu the same company?
>
> At 03:24 PM 8/8/2001 -0500, Andrew Shinkarev wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:16:34AM -0700, W. Curtis Preston wrote:
> >
> >We were told by sales rep of Midwest Systems that there are only
> >two companies making DLT tapes: Fuji and Maxell, and this info
> >came in from Imation. I do remember someone found similar info
> >on Quantum Web site.
> >Imation brand contains Fuji+Maxell tapes 1:3.
> >Maxell works for us much much better and cost less than Fuji and
> >Imation, so we switched to Maxell. I collected statistic for 5000 tapes.
> >
> >By the way Midwest offered us free replacement for bad tapes if
> >we provide them back without degaussing.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone remember a discussion a while back on how there were really
> > > only two manufacturers of DLT media in the world, and that everyone else
> > > used those two and repackaged them?  There were allegedly some markings on
> > > the tape which would tell you which of the two your vendor uses.
> > >
> > > 1. Is this true?
> > > 2. Do you know of any source that can verify this?
> > > 3. Who are those two companies?
> > > 4. What are the markings?
> > >
> > >
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