[geeks] SGI Sadness

[wa2egp at att.net]

> That's why I am frustrated at companies like SGI and Sun treating the
> hobby market like a disease.
 
I would agree to that.

> They should be actively promoting it, giving free licenses for the OS
> (even we have a fairly powerful machine), because that keeps their
> machines on the minds of people that influence buying decisions at work.
 
How many of us actually influence buying decisions at work?  No, really.
I'm in the education "industry" and it's whatever is the cheapest bottom
line or what ever will give us the most "goodies" whether it actually
works for the purpose or not. But this could be all because the decision
makers are so computer illiterate they can't even load paper into a bubble
jet printer much less spell computer. 

> This has a lot to do with Microsoft's success, and it has to be said
> that this is part of the drive for Linux at the expense of things like
> *BSD, Solaris, etc.

That and the fact that they do anything to to "eliminate" the competition.
(Can you say "vaporware", lindows, BSA?) Heavy marketing does help.

Bob