Nelson: Unless they're really compelling -- yeah. Or if they're in a market space that's new to us, like the DX30, we're not expecting them to take off quickly. There are other places we're going after that is proven territory in the market, we just haven't been there.
Byte and Switch: What's the status of the DX30 disk backup system?
Brown: The DX30 is probably the most innovative thing we're doing in terms of a brand-new category. We have 40 different customers in beta. One customer is so excited they asked us to ship revenue units this quarter, which we did for them but it's not really generally released yet. It just speaks to how desperate the need is for something to help with the backup problem. A third of the storage dollar is spent on storage backup, and here's a great way to make sure that I can do the backup in the backup window. I can make sure I have a backup, whereas a third of businesses run without a fresh backup copy. They're working with something that's two days old.
Byte and Switch: When will that be shipping?
Nelson: This fall. It will be generally available in October.
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