Sean, something for your LUG. (fwd)

[Adam]

Sounds like it might be an ok deal but I dont know tape drives.  I dont
mean to knock it really but 20g ide drives are less than $99 and quite
plentiful.. you could grab a couple for size or redundancy unless you
needed a tape drive for dozens or hundreds of tapes like in a "Real Backup
Plan" with incremental stuff and all.  I'm just not sure I'd buy from a
company I've never heard from before at all, weird!  Probably would after
some good recommendations from other unix users, but im still not sure
about the issues Ben brought up :)

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Sean wrote:

>I dont know if our club would be interested in this or not. Because of our
>no-commercial policy, but I thought I would pass it on. *shrugs*
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:29:06 -0700
>From: franks@ecrix.com
>To: picasso@madflower.com
>Subject: Sean, something for your LUG.
>
>
>Hello Sean,
>
>Are you still the contact person or coordinator for the
>Greater Lansing Linux Users Group?
>
>If yes, I'd like to tell you about a special program to
>give your LUG a free tape drive, and, for your LUG members,
>a great deal on a high-performance/high-value tape drive for
>data storage and backup.
>
>Please read on, or just go to: http://www.vxa.com/LUG/
>
>THE DETAILS:
>I work for Ecrix, the manufacturer of the VXA tape drive. 
>We are very active with Linux users, and we have partnerships
>with companies like Penguin Computing,  VA Linux, Cobalt,
>EST/BRU, and Knox/Arkeia.
>
>I have recently been on a speaking tour, talking to LUGs all
>over the country about backup and storage technology. At all
>the LUGs that I visited, people asked: "Can you give a special
>deal to our LUG members?"
>
>So I came back here and convinced my marketing team that
>we ought to create a special deal, not just for the LUGs
>that we had visited, but for LUGs everywhere!
>
>Here is what we came up with:
>
>1. We're offering VXA tape drives to your LUG members at a
>   discount of $490 or more, or about 50% off list price, and,
>   what's more, with a completely free 30-day trial period.
>2. If your LUG members buy five or more of our tape drives,
>   your LUG gets one more drive completley free, to put on
>   your server or use as you choose.
>
>GET ALL THE DETAILS:
>To get everything that you need to take advantage of the VXA/LUG
>Special, just go to this URL, and register in the program:
>
>http://www.vxa.com/LUG/
>
>By registering, you'll get a special URL that you can send to
>your LUG members or post on your website, and get credit for
>your referrals.
>
>ABOUT VXA TAPE DRIVES:
>* 97% of Linux users surveyed said they would recommend it
>  to others (http://www.vxa.com/vxadata/ispsurvey.html).
>* 33 GB, 3MBps, with hardware compression and ECC.
>* Patented packet technology for super reliability.
>* Three times the price:performance of legacy (i.e. old,
>  outdated, and clunky) tape drives like DDS or DLT.
>* The first tape drive to receive EST's Linux Tape Cert.
>* Totally plug-and-play with the SCSI driver in Linux.
>* The only drive that has a Linux utility for changing
>  the configurable hardware options on the drive.
>* Compatible with all major backup applications (VERITAS, CA,
>  and others) under all major operating systems (Windows, Unix,
>  Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, Novell) -- not just for Linux.
>* Available in internal and external models, with SCSI-2/SE
>  or Ultra2 SCSI/LVD.
>* For more info, visit http://www.vxa.com -- or check us out
>  on Linux.org. We provide all of their tape backup!
>
>So, I hope that you can take advantage of this offer! I'm only
>sending one email to your group: If you're not the right
>person to handle this, please forward it on. If you have any
>questions, you can contact me anytime.
>
>--
>Frank Saab + franks@ecrix.com
>Internet Business Manager + Ecrix Corporation
>5525 Central Avenue + Boulder, Colorado 80301 + USA
>tel: 303/245.7275 + fax: 303/402.9266
>
>PS: Any tape drive try-and-buys that you refer to this program will
>count towards the free drive for your LUG. It's not limited to your
>LUG members.
>		
>
>
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