
Conspiracy Theory 101
If you believe in conspiracy theories, this is very simple. The DD founders wanted to cash out but either didn't want to shop the company around or couldn't get the price that they wanted. Since DD is a short way away from NetApp, we can guess that the execs are chummy. NetApp pretends to want to buy DD to get EMC interested. EMC bites and after a pretend tug of war (like with your dog) they get DD. DD employees migrate en masse down the road to NetApp, leaving EMC with an empty shell. It's SO perfect!