[geeks] SGI & linux

[Mike F]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:59:50 -0500
"Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at celestrion.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:39:15PM +1200, Gavin Hubbard wrote:
> > Just saw the following over at the Inquirer:
> > 
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10708
> > 
> > I know the inq isn't the most reliable of news sources, but oh
> > dear. Say it ain't so. 
> 
> I don't know what will officially happen, or actually happen, but
> that's what the ex-SGI guy here has been hearing from friends still in
> SGI as well. 

What does this mean for MIPS hardware? Linux does not run on any recent
MIPS hardware (to my knowledge) and if SGI is to drop IRIX and focus on
Linux, will they port Linux to newer MIPS hardware, or drop MIPS?