It also ruined the company. They spent a lot of money on a potential merger with StorageTek, only for it to go down the drain when Fujitsu claimed that it's legal right to a percentage on products sold would be applicable to the complete combined company as well (source: I work with a bunch of ex StorageTek guys).
I didn't realize that the tradition of "avoid SV VC and get funding for cheap from an overseas operating company" went so far back.