The HDSA's goal of promoting libraries does differentiate it from the optical standards focus of OSTA and the SAN focus of SNIA, although all three can and should be mutually beneficial. Hopefully both will continue to offer a strong leg up to the newborn. Oh, now there's a tradeshow party I'd love to go to. According to Harada, the HDSA will have two working groups, one technical and one for marketing. The marketing group will look at greater tradeshow presence and targeted vertical marketing efforts.
Some analysts feel that the jukebox market has already peaked.
My impression is that word just hasn't gotten around yet, as the PacBell Park DVD-RAM library points out. Here's a whole new vertical market that could double current usage levels of jukeboxes. A market that, until PacBell Park tried it, wasn't even acknowledged. So, until all of those markets have been directly addressed, it is not a forgone conclusion that jukeboxes are a weak alternative to a RAID array with tape backup. The HDSA welcomes new members, individuals, educational groups, and interested vendors.