Shugart helped pioneer the multibillion dollar hard drive industry, in
> which Seagate now holds the leading market position. He founded the
> company in 1979 and left in 1998.
Just a tiny clarification -- the hard disk drive was invented and marketed by IBM 50 years ago, announced in their product line in Sept
1956. IBM also invented the floppy disk as well.
I understand IBM sold off its hard disk drive line recently; I don't know why. Peripherals used to be quite profitable.
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