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@Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:09:09 +0200
Subject: Re: ATA Hard Drive - BIG, BAD, & UGLY
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andy schreef:

>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:55:26 -0400, enorbet{at}cox.net wrote:
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>>First and foremost your assessment is in direct contradiction to
Kris's who stated that "now 
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>when you buy an IBM drive you are getting a Hitachi drive, made with
Hitachi quality, with 
>an IBM label on it " ( roughly quoted ) so which is true?  
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>
What I am saying is true. And everybody capable of facing the facts 
knows it is the trueth.

You know, some people are saying M$ lost his case,  M$ is going to 
support now OS/2 through the VPC and Big Blue still is promoting OS/2.

Alas, facts are facts, Big Bue is dumping OS/2, Big Blue doesn't 
fabricate anymore keyboards, Big Blue doesn't fabricate anymore printers 
(remember Lexmark), and since April 2002 Big Blue doesn't fabricate 
anymore Hard disks.


>ibm didn't sell out completely,  they sold  hitachi the major share of
the disk drive operations,  
>and hitachi took over the operation of the disk drive plants.
>

>  ibm still is has a minority share 
>in the business
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As BB has in the keyboard, printers and etc... business .  However, what 
is inside the devices has nothing to do with IBM or IBM specs. 
Incidentally 1 - the "plants" you guys are speaking about never were 
property of IBM! Incidentally 2 - Big Blue can't even honour the 3 years 
of guarantee on his scsi-disks, because it has no scsi-disks to give in 
exchange anymore. I had to send back in Juin 2002 a brocken 18 Giga 
bought in februari 2002 ... , an 68 pins .... and I have been send 3 
times already a used 80 pins as replacement. Finally, now in July 2003, 
my resellar is proposing me a "deal", meaning  I can get a Quantum at 
rebate price instead.

Read my lips: the moment Hitachi will consider the IBM label onto his 
disks not as profitable enough, Hitachi will ditch the label. For as you 
told yourself: Hitachi has the majority in shares. :-)

Guys, why don't you just face the facts?????

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris



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