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RAID 4.x Was: IBM now does RAID 7 service for AS/400 & other IBM platf

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From: Michael Schmidt
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 13:16
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  In article  <413f6c$506@nnrp2.primenet.com>
              hamrick@Primenet.Com   (Edward Hamrick)
  wrote:

> In article <412qkt$mcl@dub-news-svc-1.compuserve.com>,
> Mickey Lane <mlane@csi.compuserve.com> wrote:
[...]
> >I see ol' Mikey is developing a set of names to drop. I wonder if
> >he got them from the posts he's mangled over the years or if he
> >just makes them up.
>
> Mr. Willett has been doing this sort of breezy name dropping for
> years.  You'll notice that he likes to refer to people he doesn't
[...]
> You'll probably notice a pattern - he tries (in a feeble way) any
[...]
> Another way he tries to impress people (and it's really lame) is the
[...]
>
> I haven't been able to tell over the past few years if this is a
> deliberate strategy of being obnoxious in order to gain some
> attention, or if it's just one of the world's most incredibly bad
> marketing departments.  Either way, it's unlikely any substantial
> technical information is ever going to be posted by Mr. Willett.

I have stored most of this silly StoreComp stuff starting long ago,  
its contents give a deterrent / off-putting impression.
Who is interested may drop me a note, I can forward it.
Or someone may store it on a ftp/www server.

> P.S. He also likes to insult people indirectly, often saying
[...]
>      Another common tactic is to claim to be too busy to
[...]

Thanks Edward, has been a very good summary.


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Date: 19 Aug 1995 15:16:00 +0200
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