parking on the disk anyway...doing that wastes too much valuable data space (bragging rights?).
Most people were surprised Fujitsu quit the desktop space - IBM had publicly predicated that they'd be one of the survivors, along with IBM (another company with deep pockets), Seagate, and one (maybe two) more companies. Maybe part of the answer is that Fujitsu's been hurt a lot more than IBM in the recent downturn.
It actually looks like the drive industry could be having a mild upturn -- we've seen renewed interest in our products for the disk drive industry, and some salesmen from other companies have said the same thing. I'll really believe it when we get some decent sized orders.
Question: what's the only industry stupider than the HDD manufacturers?
Answer: the DRAM makers! Isn't selling for 50% below cost a great idea? Although it looks like Intel and AMD might come in second with their price wars, along with some of the dot bomb business models.
Tony