Sidenote to external drive story....

[dvandom]

Chinese seek to buy Seagate. Ooookay, as if I hadn't been warned off enough already....

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[sigma7.livejournal.com]

I imagine this has set off some beltway warning lights -- after all, didn't the US government buy half of all hard drives sold during the last...what, year or so? (I'm only barely recalling the statistic, and Googling isn't helping.) I expect someone to throw a "national security" flag, whether or not it affects the deal in the long run....