Say goodbye to Quantum
According to <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/020801/tech_quantum_ceo_1.html" target="_blank">this article</a>, Rick Belluzo, the man who has sent HP, SGI and even Microsoft tilting at phenomenally expensive windmills, has now assumed control of Quantum.
He replaces their CEO of eighteen years, who, admittedly, wasn't exactly setting the company on fire. The company, once a large hard drive supplier, now makes enterprise-grade tape backup machines and storage servers.
He replaces their CEO of eighteen years, who, admittedly, wasn't exactly setting the company on fire. The company, once a large hard drive supplier, now makes enterprise-grade tape backup machines and storage servers.
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I remember having some of their disks in some of my old macintoshs...
now they're leaving us...
*sniff**buhhuhhuhu* <-- screaming
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The SCSI drive that shipped with my dual 500 is also a Quantum. It's the Quantum Atlas 10K II. It has performed extremely well for me and I have never had any problems with it.
LOL, I like what <a href="http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/00q3/000920/" target="_blank">Tom's Hardware</a> has to say about the 10K II:
"This 10,000 rpm is not suited for desktop computers. Due to the high revolution speed, both drive temperature and vibrations are quite high and will certainly put your nerves to the test. In return you will get an excellent workstation or server drive with high capacity and high performance."
Yeah. :cool:
This tack quickly sent the company spiraling from troubled to dying; they've only just begun to recover. Anyway, shortly after selling SGI out to MS, Belluzo accepted a position at MS (imagine that!).