Seagate chief backs flash memory; Bill Watkins told the disk-drive maker's workers in the Twin Cities that they stand to gain jobs, not lose them, from the advent of computer chip technology.(BUSINESS) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: May 3, 2008| Author: Alexander, Steve | COPYRIGHT 2008 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: STEVE ALEXANDER; STAFF WRITER

Bill Watkins, CEO of California disk-drive king Seagate Technology, visited the Twin Cities on Friday with a reassuring message for Seagate's 3,300 employees in Shakopee and Bloomington.

He told them that flash memory -- computer chips without moving parts -- won't replace his firm's disk drives around the world.

"Hard drives are not going away," Watkins said in an interview. "Flash memory is an opportunity, no...

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