The DDS/DAT Open Standard
From the outset, DAT and the DDS format was designed as an open industry standard.
What’s so great about an open standard?
Open industry standards promote a number of benefits for customers. These include:
From the outset, DAT and the DDS format was designed as an open industry standard.
What’s so great about an open standard?
Open industry standards promote a number of benefits for customers. These include:
- Faster development times - increased competition means that manufacturers battle to be “first to market” with new drives and new features
- Lower prices - economies of scale from multiple manufactures mean that the cost of specific parts of the drive and media are gradually decreased. In addition, increased competition leads to ongoing price reductions
- Wider availability - an open standard leads to multiple suppliers of both drives and media covering a broader range of channels and geographies
- Compatibility and interchange - the DAT manufacturers group ensures that each manufacturer’s DAT drive is able to interchange data with other manufacturer’s DAT drives. Additionally, they ensure that two-generation backward compatibility is maintained
- Investment protection - customers are unlikely to be at the mercy of a single manufacturer’s fortunes
With mulitple manufacturers developing and shipping DAT drives and media, customers benefit from increased competition, leading to faster development cycles and more choice.