--- Teri Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's not forget that there are companies that buy > up software programs just to kill it.
SCSI Director is one of those sad tales. TranSoft apparently bought it from another company, because version 1.7.2 doesn't have their name. TranSoft then developed SCSI Director into a very excellent bit of software, IMHO superior to FWB's HD Toolkit in many respects. Then a few years ago TranSoft sold off much of their company to Hewlett Packard and SCSI Director was included in the deal. HP immediately killed off SCSI Director and apparently all the other software products they bought from TranSoft were also killed. One of the ex TranSoft employees at HP sent me a copy of the final version of SCSI Director when I e-mailed and asked what the version number of the final version was and why HP killed it. He didn't know why they did, it was a good product and would've been a money maker for HP as it had been for TranSoft. It's very bizarre why Company A buys a product or company then kills it when that "murder" will benefit Company B making a product similar to the one that was bought and axed by Company A when Company B is in no way competing for any market segment with Company A. When you hear about the big purchase you think Company A is looking to go toe to toe with Company B but then *poof* nothing happens. One real odd one that I've not heard much on since the buyout is Palm Inc. and their purchase of BeOS from the defunct Be Inc. IMHO, Be went totally off on the wrong railroad with BeIA and persuing the non-existant, never existed, never will exist Internet Appliance "market". Be should've just dropped the PPC version the instant they were snubbed by Apple and went 100% x86. Continuing to develop an OS for "obsolete" 60x PCI PowerMacs was a dead end and a severe drain on programmer time that could've been spent on the more open PC platform. Maybe someday soon we'll hear an announcement of a new Palm PDA that totally roasts all the WinCE ones in every aspect. :) ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
