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flavors of standard UNIX over the years. Which has not prevented
UNIX from working as an open system.
On the other hand, Windows is proprietary. Yet, because it is also
ubiquitous, Windows is clearly an industry standard. We believe
that DLTtape technology, by virtue of its ubiquity, provides the
advantages of an open industry standard:
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It does not impose limits on the choices open to users.
You can use the operating system, the hardware platform,
and the applications, and utility software of your choice.
Virtually all are compatible with DLTtape systems.
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It is open to competition. Every system manufacturer and
every library builder and dozens of VARs and distributors
offer DLTtape systems. There is plenty of competition.
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It is open to input from the outside world. Our customers
are the world's leading system builders and library manu-
facturers. We listen to them, we maintain an ongoing dialogue
aimed at making sure DLTtape technology meets their goals. And
we work with literally dozens of software developers whose goal
is to maximize DLTtape system performance.
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We have second-source manufacturing from Tandberg.
Why Super DLTtape Technology Will Win: Innovation
The strong business arguments in favor of DLTtape technology
would be less important if other technologies offered substantial
performance advantages. Why would you switch from DLTtape
technology unless something else had a compelling advantage? In
fact, it is Super DLTtape technology that offers the compelling
advantage. The Super DLTtape technology road map lays out land-
marks that call for native capacity starting at 110GB in the first genera-
tion, advancing to over 1 terabyte (uncompressed) over multiple prod-
uct generations. This is the most compelling road map in the industry.
It meets or substantially exceeds every published competitive spec.
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