Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 01:23:50 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: M$ anti-trust case Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000418012350.0092a460@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000417181245.0463d770@localhost> References: <3.0.6.32.20000417174932.00890630@mail85.pair.com> <4.2.2.20000417163757.03d33870@localhost> <3.0.6.32.20000417141142.008aee60@mail85.pair.com> <001201bfa891$92066480$021d85d1@youwant.to> <3.0.6.32.20000417104107.0088ee50@mail85.pair.com>
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At 18:14 17-04-2000 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>Not true. Scandisk has, for a long time, had a mode in which it does a
>"deep scan" and refreshes the data on the disk. Gibson examined their
>code and discovered that they had incorporated some of his code
>VERBATIM!
Wouldn't surprise me. Nevertheless, their "deep scan" is not as deep as
Steve's. His deepest scan not only refreshes the data, it reformats the
underlying hardware while doing it. It takes about an hour on my old 1 Gig
drive, while ScanDisk's deep scan takes a lot less time.
They may have incorporated some of his code, but SpinRite still rules.
Though, admittedly, it does not seem to be as well known (relative to the
number of computer users) as it was some ten years ago. And it should be!
Steve is one of the good guys in computer industry.
Cheers,
Adam
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