I remember the days when I wouldn’t trust Seagate hard drives as far as I could throw them, and being young, I couldn’t throw shit…
But, its been announced that they’ve bought Maxtor, not a massive shock as it was set in motion December last year, but its all been finalised and its going ahead.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/18/seagate_swallows_maxtor/