About Veritas, Was Re: Message for Joe Heck - re. 7 Track tape drives

From: Curt vendel <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
Date: Fri Dec 19 13:19:24 2003

Jim,

  I kinda agree with you, we here to help each other on a more peer-to-peer
basis and while I myself am a consultant and utilize some of my CC contacts
for doing work, I still try to provide these services on a fair basis to
more hobbyists and individuals and my rates certainly reflect that as
well.... I don't think the big guys should receive stuff from us only to
turn around and charge us and others for big profit...

  The better solution is seeing this type of equipment going to a hobbyist
or hobbyist/consultant who can then charge the big guys for their
services..... we are all collecting, exhibiting and helping for mostly out
of pocket and some big firm cash should be channeling in some shape, form or
fashion back into our collective list to help us keep going, pay our own
bills and keep our collections, and to keep us from having to bow out
because we can't make money to keep going to because big corporate just got
a ton of stuff and services for free and we are left out in the cold.


Curt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Davis" <jpdavis_at_gorge.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: About Veritas,Was Re: Message for Joe Heck - re. 7 Track tape
drives


> Jan_Wood_at_veritasdgc.com wrote:
>
> > Joe,
> >
> > I just found a message you wrote back in September mentioning a
selection
> > of old track tape drives. I run a computer department on the services
> > side
> > of the Oil industry and we specialise in maintaining and transcribing
> > data
> > from these older types of media. We have almost everything used in our
> > industry from analogue tapes onwards. Anyway, I am always trying to find
> > 21, 7 and 9 track tape drives, especially old IDT's. Would you still
have
> > the drives you mentioned in your email? If so I'd like to know if
> > you'd be
> > prepared to let them go to a good home where they can spin tapes again?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Jan.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------
> >
> >
> > Mr Jan T. Wood
> > Data Services Manager
> > Veritas DGC Limited.
> > Telephone DD: +44 (0)1293 443263
> > Facsimile: +44 (0)1293 443200
> > Mobile: 0 77 11 66 4545
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> From veritas about web page:
>
> VERITAS Software Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTS) is headquartered in Mountain
> View, Calif.,
> and employs more than 6,300 people in 36 countries. With annualized
> revenues over $1.5 billion
> in 2002, VERITAS Software ranks among the top 10 software companies in
> the world.
> Through its award-winning and market-leading products focused on
> business efficiency
> and continuity, VERITAS Software provides the building blocks for
> utility computing.
>
> This is a big operation, Any transactions with this company should be on
> a BUSINESS basis.
> That then begs the question, Is it ethical ( for a CC'er ) to sell or
> give classic equipment to
> a large corporation for the profit of this operation? Most likely the
> equipment will
> be locked up in some machine room available at $1000/hr? It's also an
> oil operation.
> I'll leave the members of CC to judge. Their product is mapping data
> sets for oil exploration.
> One more question? Has Veritas done anything to help the CC cause?
> My bad to cc/on-topic ( posted to the wrong group)
> Jim Davis.
>
Received on Fri Dec 19 2003 - 13:19:24 GMT