> 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.
At that time (floppy disk invention) Al Shugart was still with IBM.
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