Re: Seagate has decided to eat "Maxtor"

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:40:30 -0800, michelebargeman wrote:

> Seagate has decided to eat excrement "Maxtor"
> http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3573141
>
> I am wondering, what this news means for rest of Linux users? Seagate
> hard drives come with five years warranty. What will be the case after
> merger? Many users' rightly loath Maxtor. I are not sure if I would
> buy another hard drive from Seagate tainted with Maxtor's excrement.
>
> Try this link http://jeff.binaryfeed.org/2003/12/01/maxtor-sucks/
>
>
> I am thinking about building another computer with Sata II hard drive.
> I was thinking about buying Seagate HD. However, I am not sure what to
> do now.
>
> I will be using my computer with Gentoo Distro. I want to buy hard
> drive Native Command Queuing and Additional SATA II Features. Right now
> I have to duel boot with Windows, and I really don't like doing this.
> Anyway, what hard drive "Anti-Maxtor" users will be buying? Do let
> me know.

They are just removing a competitor from the market. They'll pick up
Maxtor's channels, although it's not clear if that's significant because
the Seagate and Maxtor channels are mostly overlapping. They pick up
Maxtor's patent portfolio and whatever technology they have in the works.
I suppose they could keep the Maxtor brand name for use in a lower priced
line which would allow them to push the prices up on the Seagate branded
drives but it's not clear if that would work because eventually the drives
will have to be identical.

In the short term it means nothing, in the long term it might mean higher
prices but I doubt it. They still have competition from Hitachi, Western
Digital, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Samsung.
.

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