KC i am one of the few that remember that far back to what you are mentioning in your post. Yes i do remember the Quantum. Yes i do remember the buyout. Yes i do see the resembelance of history repeating itself.
I will trust WD for my personal data. But since i was given a Maxtor for free to replace a dead drive i wont argue. Since it is only OS data that i always seem to format every few weeks anyway.
Funny thing is the drive that died, was a Seagate....