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Chinese Seek to Buy a U.S. Maker of Disk Drives(Seagate)
New York Times ^
Posted on 08/24/2007 7:32:31 PM PDT by milestogo
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posted on
08/24/2007 7:32:36 PM PDT
by
milestogo
To: milestogo
I’d tell the ChiComs to shove their offer where the sun doesn’t shine.
2
posted on
08/24/2007 7:35:29 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
To: milestogo
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posted on
08/24/2007 7:48:57 PM PDT
by
AnimalLover
( ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?)))
To: milestogo
So, will they make the drives out of lead, cadmium, and human waste?
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posted on
08/24/2007 7:55:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: milestogo
Absolutely not. You think they couldn’t (or rather, wouldn’t) bury software to track and read your data? I will NEVER buy a Seagate drive if the sale goes through.
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posted on
08/24/2007 7:55:19 PM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: domenad
To: wastedyears
We buy a lot of chicom products. They got a lot of dollars. What the hell they supposed to do with them? And don’t say put them where the sun don’t shine. We called the tune, now we pay the piper.
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posted on
08/24/2007 7:59:03 PM PDT
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: milestogo
Seagate is garbage anyway.
To: PetroniusMaximus
I’ve always been a WD guy anyway.
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posted on
08/24/2007 8:02:48 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Fred Thompson once set fire to a crowd of liberals simply by puffing his cigar and staring real hard)
To: RKV
“We called the tune, now we pay the piper.”
Oh for the love of god ...
To: wastedyears
Same here... Although I have never purchased a Seagate drive, the fact that production of these drives will originate out of communist china leaves me less than inspired to do so in the future... It also motivates me to tell everyone I know. I'm sick of Chicom junk, and I'm sick of helping fund a military build up that will most likely be used against us in the future.
11
posted on
08/24/2007 8:03:19 PM PDT
by
Snoitan5
To: Sandreckoner
Come on, we bought their stuff and paid in dollars. Now they want to buy some of our stuff. I dont’ like it, but they got the money.
12
posted on
08/24/2007 8:06:44 PM PDT
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: domenad
Then you must
really hate Lenovo. I can't believe we let China buy IBM's PC business.
I always wonder if they built in anything special.
13
posted on
08/24/2007 8:10:23 PM PDT
by
Lx
((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
To: RockinRight
I hope you know that there are actually only two manufacturers in the USA now. Seagate and IBM. Does WD make drives at all? If so, where?
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posted on
08/24/2007 8:14:06 PM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: domenad
You think they couldnt (or rather, wouldnt) bury software to track and read your data?
A data stealing trojan would have to be built into the firmware of the drive. I'm no expert but that would be very very hard to do.
To: RKV
Yes, we bought all that imported chinese garbage, and we've paid in more than just dollars, and will continue to pay until people wake the hell up to the fact that the chinese DO NOT have our best interest in mind. Seagate is crap anyway. I’ll stick with my W/D drives (I have 4). Let Seagate sell to china. Then let the chinese flood the market with some cheap-a$$ drives, then wait for the fall-out when people loose some important data, left and right and start to complain about "chinese quality"...
china and quality should never even be mentioned together in any conversation. Not looking to argue about china and the crap they pull, just a prediction.
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posted on
08/24/2007 8:23:41 PM PDT
by
Snoitan5
To: milestogo
This is necessary for them to advance in their Defense projects (Military Buildup).
They really NEED HILLARY CLINTON or OBAMA bin laden to be elected...
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posted on
08/24/2007 8:37:06 PM PDT
by
topher
(Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
To: Army Air Corps
“So, will they make the drives out of lead, cadmium, and human waste?”
Don’t forget the Melamine!
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posted on
08/24/2007 8:42:45 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Today there are 10,000 more illegal aliens in yer country than there were yesterday. 10,000! THINK!)
To: domenad
Plus, they’ll turn to crap. You’ll lose data in a week, if the thing is still working. I know this first-hand.
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posted on
08/24/2007 9:02:22 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: milestogo; JACKRUSSELL
I hope that doesn’t go through. I’d like to still be able to buy SOMETHING not connected to the Chinese.
Do they actually make these things here, or is it sent out?
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posted on
08/24/2007 9:05:18 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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