Please check facts before posting. > Quantum [...] were beating IBM and IBM needed more capacity so IBM bought them. No, Maxtor bought Quantum's HDD business,

Please check facts before posting. > Quantum [...] were beating IBM and IBM needed more capacity so IBM bought them. No, Maxtor bought Quantum's HDD business, and Seagate later bought Maxtor [1], [2], [3]. > Western Digital who sold the drive business to Toshiba No, WDC sold some assets related to desktop (not server) 3.5" (not 2.5") HDDs to Toshiba [4], [5], [6]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor#Acquisition_of_the_Quantum_hard_drive_division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor#Acquisition_of_the_Quan... [2] http://www.cnet.com/news/maxtor-buys-rival-quantum-to-become-biggest-drive-maker/ http://www.cnet.com/news/maxtor-buys-rival-quantum-to-become... [3] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1966943,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1966943,00.asp [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST#History [5] http://techreport.com/news/22553/toshiba-becomes-third-player-in-wd-acquisition-of-hitachi-storage http://techreport.com/news/22553/toshiba-becomes-third-playe... [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8367993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8367993