In a message dated 6/20/2006 2:21:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I remember his name was Bill Donnelly? Could well be. I thought it was Donovan. Memory check. >A sharp dude who knew his stuff. But he also >categorically stated that what the StorageTek guys were trying to do >with Iceberg was impossible. Paraphrasing: "Believe me, there are big >problems with that technology, *hard* problems, that they can't >overcome." They did have big problems, and it was delivered pretty late, but at least the problems were not insurmountable. The impossible part was evidently pro-employer (IBM) wishful thinking. >I believed him. And then STK shipped the 'berg. So not all his prognostications were on the mark. So far spinning disks are not yet obsolete. Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
