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dbarrow
10-03-2006, 10:04 AM
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/02/seagate_maxtor/

...Seagate today allowed a first look at its strategy how to position the Maxtor brand in the future. While some expected that the brand may slowly disappear and Seagate could mainly take advantage focus of Maxtor's newly built production facilities, there is now more indication that the company will pursue a two-brand strategy to expand its already dominating market share in the global hard drive market. ...
...And while all new Maxtor drives will be based on Seagate's core hard drive technology, of course, there will be feature differences as well. ...

mylanta
10-03-2006, 11:35 AM
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/02/seagate_maxtor/

...Seagate today allowed a first look at its strategy how to position the Maxtor brand in the future. While some expected that the brand may slowly disappear and Seagate could mainly take advantage focus of Maxtor's newly built production facilities, there is now more indication that the company will pursue a two-brand strategy to expand its already dominating market share in the global hard drive market. ...
...And while all new Maxtor drives will be based on Seagate's core hard drive technology, of course, there will be feature differences as well. ...

Ah this gives some of us some hope afterall! If Maxtor was going to be to
Seagate what Qunatum was to Maxtor, that would leave us only WD to buy!