[geeks] SGI Sadness

[James Fogg]

> -----Original Message-----
> > > I just find it sad that a once-great Unix company might
> end up being
> > > flushed and only the IP being kept.  Somewhere along the way SGI
> > > "lost it" and never recovered.
> >
> > I think that the "somewhere" is when the word Intel showed
> up in their
> > business plan.
>
> I was going to say "Belluzzo" but other people went along
> with it.  And why they never sold $2000 graphics cards for
> PCs I don't understand, either.
>
> But I think their biggest mistake was abandoning the low-end.
>  They had the $5000 Indy at a time when a decent 486/DX2-66
> was $2500.  Then they abandoned any sales under what, $15K?
> That lost them seats and more importantly lost them volume.

And lost them mind share. Who pays attention to an obscure data-center
queen that demands lots of cash and specialized talent.

Sometimes I think most of the "success" of the IA32 is due to its
familiarity. From the desktop to the server its all the same.

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