On Tuesday 09 May 2006 02:03, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
I was talking to someone about this at the kit meet (sorry I forget who) Whoever it was, Your prediction was pretty much spot on.
It's ostensibly not the death of the company, which rouses the cynic in all of us, I expect.
Particularly worrying was the CEO's message. It was the kind of "don't worry, this is damage limitation, everything's groovy, everyone's getting paid" message you always see before a company goes down the tubes, nobody gets paid, and severe ungrooviness sets in.
Tis a sad day even if you didn't like SGI kit,
...and my, what beautiful kit it is. At this stage, even the possibility of cheap SGI wares in the near future can't compensate for the fact this company may disappear.
If they weren't so broken as a company then they would be a good example of how a company in the Unix world embraced Open Source rather than being threatened by it.
Sadly, that's a double-edged sword.
I'm sure there will be plenty ready cite SGI as an example of a different sort.
I don't know how much input SGI has on OpenGL and XFS now..I presume these projects will continue without them should they vanish or be bought up ?
I think both projects are so well supported, well-used and such good tech that the beauty of oss really has a chance to shine through.
I wish I still had my Indy so I could give it a hug.
Here's hoping that SGI isn't dead.
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