Good news is scary. It's a tough job to motivate people in successful times. It's difficult to motivate people who know they are doing well.

I remember asking my dad, 'Who are the people who design airplanes?' And he said, 'mechanical engineers.' That's what I wanted to do. I never changed my mind.

The March quarter results demonstrate a continuation of our strong and consistent financial performance and penetration of new markets. Providing customers with high quality, cost-effective hard drives at capacity points they require -- when they need them -- is of tremendous value in all the markets that we serve: notebook, consumer electronics, enterprise, branded products and desktop. As these markets grow, we have significant opportunities to leverage our investments into continued strong financial performance.

I know every morning how many drives were sold and our market position. In the past, we didn't have that crisp data.

I did it because the company asked me to. I owe a lot to the company.

People are frustrated. The pattern has been a couple of days of rallies on a little good news and then it fizzles out. There's no reason to make big commitments with all of this unresolved. The hope now is that we can dig in our heels at key support levels and find some balance.