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    News - Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

    American Seagate to buy French LaCie, focussing on EU and Japanese consumer markets.
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  2. 24-05-2012, 11:16 AM #2
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    Re: News - Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

    Someone stop Seagate. They are gobbling up everyone! Very soon, they might eb the only manufacturer around and free to set their prices and you would ahve no choice!
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    Re: News - Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Someone stop Seagate. They are gobbling up everyone! Very soon, they might eb the only manufacturer around and free to set their prices and you would ahve no choice!
    ^This.
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    Re: News - Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Someone stop Seagate. They are gobbling up everyone! Very soon, they might eb the only manufacturer around and free to set their prices and you would ahve no choice!
    But Lacie already use seagate drives, they aren't getting a driver manufacturer more of a driver packager.
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    Re: News - Seagate to buy 64.5 per cent majority share in LaCie

    still reduces choice though...as said above it's becoming more and more a limited market
    Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
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