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All this has done is shown me that WD are willing to repeatedly lie to their customers about things. Just because they're no longer going to lie about this spe
by p1necone 7y ago
All this has done is shown me that WD are willing to repeatedly lie to their customers about things.
Just because they're no longer going to lie about this specific thing because they got enough bad press about it to force them to be honest doesn't mean they deserve any respect.
- arthur2e5 7y agoCase in point: on April 23, they proposed to retire the only flag that identifies device-managed SMR drives in the new SCSI standard. Weber, Ralph O (April 23, 2020). "SBC-5, ZBC-2: Obsolete the ZONED field". <https://www.t10.org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=d&f=20-054r0.pdf https://www.t10.org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=d&f=20-054r0.pdf > (registration needed)