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LinuxPR: Onstream<sup>TM</sup> Joins the Linux Revolution

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 16, 1999

“Driver for Ultra-High Capacity Storage Device Now Available
to Open-Source Community.”

“An open-source beta driver for the OnStreamTM Echo
30 gigabyte* IDE digital storage drive is now available to the
Linux community from the company’s web site…”

“OnStream’s Advanced Digital RecordingTM
(ADRTM) technology delivers a breakthrough in value for
high capacity tape storage that is ideally suited for Linux
servers…”

“The new OnStream IDE beta driver, based on the standard Linux
tape driver written by Oxman, ide-tape-c, supports Linux versions
2.2.x and 2.3.x. The author has placed the driver under the terms
of the GNU general public license.”

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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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