Micropolis hdd

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Mon Oct 28 13:50:00 2002

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jim Arnott wrote:

> (Why would *anyone* want to get inside a Micropolis drive? They're best
> used as doorstops.)

I can't find it online anymore, but about two years ago I stumbled
across this fascinating article which discussed the demise of
Micropolis, presenting it as a case study of business fraud.

My favorite highlight had to do with Micropolis claiming much larger
inventories of hard drives than they actually had. This was to make the
company look as if it were more valuable. This excess inventory was
primarily made up of a special class of hard drive, which in the company
records were listed as "very hard drives". In reality they were bricks
that had been boxed in Micropolis packaging. Apparently a few of them
were even shipped to customers.

I'd add the personal note that at least Micropolis were good enough to
ship a device which was functionally equivalent to their regular hard
drives.

-brian.
Received on Mon Oct 28 2002 - 13:50:00 GMT