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Seagate buys Maxtor for $1.9B

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the always-was-more-of-a-western-digital-man-myself dept.

groovy.ambuj writes "Reuters reports that Seagate Technology would buy rival computer disk-drive maker Maxtor Corp. for $1.9 billion. Seagate is already world's largest hard drive manufacturer and Maxtor is the third largest after Seagate and Western Digital."

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  1. Good or bad? by AviN456 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does this mean that Maxtor drives will stop sucking, or that Seagate drives will start to?

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  2. Ob Chris Rock by HungWeiLo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't forget Black People vs Niggas

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