22 Dec
2005
22 Dec
'05
5:44 a.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
With Seagate to purchase Maxtor (which purchased
Quantum not so long ago) I
started thinking of all the HD makers that bit the dust ( Micropilis and IBM
comes to mind since I have a few of each on the spare parts shelf shelf).
What do you guys think of the ever shrinking HD manufacturers, and what were
some of the older good ones that are no more?
Saying IBM's drive manufacture "bit the dust" is a lot like saying
that IBM is out of the PowerPC business.
I've been on several IBM campuses this year that have "Hitachi" R&D
facilities onsite. ;)
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