New subject: HP-IB Tape Drive Manual

24 Feb 2007

...
   Hmm- it would
be nice if they identified the manufacturer that has 
 notably higher failure rates, but I think I can make a guess (WD?) 
 Google's paper addresses this.  One, because they're buying so many
 drives, they think if everyone knows which is "best" then that will
 increase demand and drive up the price for those drives.  Two, they
 don't want to help their competition.  Three, they didn't want to get
 sued by the losers.

 - John 
An explanation of why they find printing the data inconvenient or 
frightening does not negate the fact that it would be nice to have.

Google on hard drive failures