>> And how many of them are "Windows NT doesn't support this model of tape
>> drive"?
> 
> Very few, as NT is out of support now. ;-)

Tell me about it...

>> What, you mean like the way the entire Windows user shell locks up
>> completely for several seconds every time you close the CD tray?
>> [Seriously, have these people never *heard* of threading?!]
> 
> I've seen that a few times, but it's been a while since I don't run 
> Windows natively any more.

Same thing happens if you accidentally click on A: by mistake. Entire 
Windows shell locks up for a few seconds while it repeatedly polls the 
device until it's quite sure there's no disk there. *sigh*

>> BE just seems to be very bad at handling any kind of problem that might
>> crop up. If everything goes perfectly, BE is happy. If the tiniest thing
>> goes wrong, it gets all upset and won't do anything any more...
> 
> Well, if something goes wrong with backup software, arguably you WANT it 
> to tell you and not complete its task.  After all, an incomplete backup 
> isn't much use to anyone with a dead system.

No, but when I give it a new tape and tell it to restart the backup 
operation, it would be damn useful if it would start *doing* the backup 
rather than just sitting there looking at me! :-S

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