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Seagate May Sue if Solid State Disks Get Popular

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

tero writes "Even though Seagate has announced it will be offering SSD disks of its own in 2008, their CEO Bill Watkins seems to be sending out mixed signals in a recent Fortune interview 'He's convinced, he confides, that SSD makers like Samsung and Intel (INTC) are violating Seagate's patents. (An Intel spokeswoman says the company doesn't comment on speculation.) Seagate and Western Digital (WDC), two of the major hard drive makers, have patents that deal with many of the ways a storage device communicates with a computer, Watkins says. It stands to reason that sooner or later, Seagate will sue — particularly if it looks like SSDs could become a real threat.'"

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  1. holy cats! the world is changing! by haaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    we better sue to stop it, FAST!

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    -- haaz.
    1. Re:holy cats! the world is changing! by jav1231 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What are the odds that their patent simply contains the phrase: "A mechanism for storing or recreating data created on a computer for later retrieval."

      (Slowly I put the freshly printed page down...)

  2. Give me the f*cking address by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seagate May Sue if Solid State Disks Get Popular

    Seagate sold me 4 of their stupid Maxtorgates (drives from the former maxtor factory) that failed immediately - and most of the replacements ALSO failed immediately.

    The won't give me the address to send them the legal notice so I can sue their sorry asses off.

    Their Indian tech support said "we can't do that!"

    Get me the address - I want to sue on behalf of everyone who bought brand-new drives and had to pay the shipping to get replacements.

    1. Re:Give me the f*cking address by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's the old address. The new address is 920 Solid State Dr.

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      This guy's the limit!
  3. Innovation by drooling-dog · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just another example of our patent system encouraging innovation...

  4. How much could they get? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder, if Seagate successfully sued for patent infringements, how much would they actually get? I mean, if the judgment were for $30 million, they may only see $29,296,875 of it.

  5. Re:Make love, not war by blakbeard0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We are currently leveraging the value-added services of our core-competencies to fast track our performance indicators and beat the benchmark in this new paradigm. Our developers are thinking outside the box, so we can see the big picture. It's a win-win. -Seagate PR representative.

  6. Holy radioactive cats Batman!The world is changing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    There... I fixed the subject line for you. Obviously you didn't read enough earlier Slashdot articles this morning.

  7. Re:Can you sue about a "No-duh" idea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ding ding ding ding ding! You have just won the first flawed car analogy of the thread award.