BTW, did you see that Exabyte bought Ecrix?

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Post #21,605 by tonytib 12/15/01 9:42:23 PM Reply	BTW, did you see that Exabyte bought Ecrix? At work, we're using DAT-3, but are getting close to its limits. So I did some quick research to see what the options cost, and found out the Exabyte had done some buying. $6K is too much for us; realistic max cost will be $2K (and $1.5K is better). I didn't find any loaders in that price range, but did find DDS-4, Exabyte Ecrix, AIT, and DLT drives. However, any new purchase is probably six months away. Tony
Post #21,610 by Andrew Grygus 12/15/01 11:11:16 PM Reply	So, the question now is: Did they buy it to kill it - or did they buy it to sell the product. More often than not, purchases by an "established name" are to kill a threatening technology. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #21,613 by tonytib 12/15/01 11:48:04 PM Reply	Well, Exabyte has already added Ecrix products to their site so it looks like they will be keeping the produts; I hope they don't kill them. If the Ecrix's slower speed isn't a problem, they definitely have a great price (well under $1,000) for the storage (33G uncompressed), plus I like the fact that it's not a helican scan tape (like VHS or DDS). To me it appears that the Ecrix products fill a different niche than Exabytes. Companies buying other companies just to kill them (e.g. Mathworks recently did this) or suck the customer base dry (e.g. CA) really ticks me off. /end of sermon Tony

Looking to buy a CD-R or something for backups. - (marlowe) - (23) - Dec. 7, 2001, 02:58:39 PM EST

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Interesting. - (static) - (8) - Dec. 11, 2001, 05:58:23 PM EST

My impression is avoid OnStream, but others may know more - (tonytib) - (5) - Dec. 11, 2001, 08:58:01 PM EST

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OT: No good info, only responding - (broomberg) - (3) - Dec. 15, 2001, 07:43:38 PM EST

BTW, did you see that Exabyte bought Ecrix? - (tonytib) - (2) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:42:23 PM EST

So, the question now is: - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 11:11:16 PM EST

Well, Exabyte has already added Ecrix products to their site - (tonytib) - Dec. 15, 2001, 11:48:04 PM EST

OnStream has real problems. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2001, 11:07:44 PM EST

Thanks. - (static) - Dec. 12, 2001, 12:39:21 AM EST

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