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[Dave McGuire]

On August 3, dave at cca.org wrote:
> >  We'll see.  When the government labs stop buying
> >multi-hundred-million-dollar computer installations from them because
> >they've gone to wimpy Intel processors, they'll figure it out real
> >quick-like.  I could be all wet, but I really don't see SGI going away
> >anytime soon.  And only partially because people have been predicting
> >the "imminent doom" of SGI for at least the past six years.
> 
> That's what a lot of people thought about Alpha too...

  ...and the Alpha will be around for SEVERAL MORE YEARS.

  C'mon, people.

> But I agree with you - SGI's niche has become very small, but it's there,
> and there's no competition.

  At last, we agree. :-)

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD