Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: 8mm 2.3 GB Video Backup Device Query Message-ID: <8811181252.AA05941@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 1 Dec 88 15:41:46 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Lines: 15 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 88 07:52:09 EST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 32, message 1 of 17 X-Issue-Reference: v7n17 > My question: anybody know under why I should pay over $1,000 more for a > custom driver? Where will you get a driver if the manufacturer doesn't supply one? I guess you can write your own, but I will pay $1000 easily instead of having to write it. Since I see you are commercially employed, I would guess your loaded salary at (at least) the $100/hr mark. Can you write a fully debugged, production quality driver in 10 hours? Spend the money. Get the driver. Sleep easy. Chuck Musciano Advanced Technology Department Harris Corporation (407) 727-6131 ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com