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To: Tom Simpson who wrote (7783)4/25/1998 3:44:00 PM
From: Frodo Baxter  Respond to of 9124
 
>We have Seagate at fault here....for doing precisely what and when?

Dumping into channel. Last year, around summertime. First high-end. Then desktop. Killed both markets.

>In the desktop arena it is Maxtors and the ubiquitous DeskStars I keep running into. How does Seagate get stuck with this particular rap?

Remember, the majority of sales is to OEMs. Then distributors. Then retail.