What amazes me isn't that a new drive had issues, I can expect that (even the 1.5tb seagates had firmware issues) - what amazes me is that its been a *year*, and I have yet to see on their site or on the board even a *technical description of the problem* with the WD drives, nor a fix (which, of course, is most likely impossible if you *don't understand what the problem is*).
My impression of Thecus is a couple of hacks who probably couldn't write a kernel driver if their life depended on it, slapping together a box with linux on it, with zero idea how to support a product or run a successful company.