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From: markb@denali.SGI.COM (Mark Bradley)
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Subject: Re: Maxtor vs Storage Dimensions vs Newbury
Summary: Maxtor Relationships
Keywords: companies maxtor storage dimensions newbury
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Date: 1 Feb 89 19:20:28 GMT
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In article <6449@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, davis@clocs.cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis) writes:
> Can somebody explain to me the relationship between Maxtor (maker of
> high capacity 5.25" drives) and Newbury (drives with the same model
> numbers and capacity) and Storage Dimensions (a Maxtor Company)?
> Thanks for you time - Mark (davis@cs.unc.edu or uunet!mcnc!davis)

Newbury is licensed to make Maxtor look-alikes.

Storage Dimensions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Maxtor responsible for
doing value added subsystems  for PC type products.

					markb

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