yeah, i'd heard that. interesting, but even though i used to dislike maxtor, i just don't care like i used to. obviously i'm no longer a sysadmin. i love just being a user. with root, of course (please please don't start on the not su'ing or enabling root. pretty please!) --alan On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 11:48 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote: > Maxtor owns Quantum's technology now. Maxtor bought Quantum earlier > this year.