from Reuters:
Computer maker Silicon Graphics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection after a round of restructuring measures failed, according to
court papers filed on Monday.
The company said it had been challenged by delays in introducing new
technology, a focus on more specialized markets and more intense
competition from larger rivals. Silicon Graphics filed for bankruptcy
protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York.
Unwritten:
"Credit for the bankruptcy goes to Rick Belluzzo and the other morons
who thought Microsoft could write a server-level S that would scale
past 4 processors."
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We all knew it was coming
It's ALL LINUX'S FAULT!!!
:-)
- Ethan
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5/8/06, Ethan 'Toole <ethan (AT) 757tech (DOT) netwrote:
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We all knew it was coming

Yeah, I know, but it's still sad.

It's ALL LINUX'S FAULT!!!

No, it's SGI's fault fora number of reasons, including resting on
their laurels instead of actually making some kind of attempt at
keeping up with the rest of the industry. If they hadn't effectively
abandoned IRIX and MIPS I'd still be using SGI hardware for all of my
needs instead of going to Linux on my servers and desktop (though I
recently made the switch to SX on the desktop with my new Intel 20"
iMac and my 17" MacBook Pro is arriving today according to
FedEx.com!).

I've got 2 , 3 Indy's, 1 , 2 200's, and other
miscellaneous older stuff (Crimson, Indigo, etc) sitting up in my
office that spends most of its time powered off now.

Caleb

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Mon, 08 May 2006 12:57:04 -0400
"Bryan Gurney" <arb_npx42 (AT) comcast (DOT) netwrote:

In my opinion, the big bet on Itanium had a bit to do
>with it. Intel had touted it as the Next Big Thing (TM),
>and it fizzled. the three big X86 server makers (HP,
>IBM, and Dell), the number of them producing Itanium
>systems has gone down from three to one, and the only one
>remaining is also the origin of the Itanium itself.
Meanwhile, SGI was apparently trying to obsolete Irix on
>MIPS in favor of Linux on Itanium. I don't think their
>Itanium yearly sales broke over 1000 units; I'd like to
>search for the 2005 total Itanium sales figures, but I'm
>busy stripping shingles off of a roof right now (ugh).

I guess if you force your existing customers to move from
Irix/MIPS to Linux/IA64, all those customers are gonna
review other offerings since they have been forced to
move to begin with. This is something that the SGI honchos
completelly missed, which sort of makes you wonder why
they were made honchos to begin with. But seriously, if
you force your customers to move a different platform, and
your platform has not a single differenciating feature
from the rest of the competing offerings out there and on
top of that it is at least 2x as expensive and you
expect to retain customers. You are pretty much calling
your customers morons. And I know people who were insulted
by the assumption that they were told to move from an
expensive MIPS offering, to an equally expensive offering
that was based on a free S and off the shelf components.
For an laugh, I knew a person who took an SGI rep and
showed him a webpage with an system from SUN, and
basicaly asked the SGI rep why on heaven's he should buy
the SGI prism he was being offered when he pretty much
could buy almost 3 systems from SUN which were as
powerful, if not more, than the system SGI was bringing to
the table. Basically he asked the SGI rep: "you have 1
minute to tell me a single reason why I should waste my
time with you guys" I guess that sort of says it all. It
is just the normal evolution of the markets, pretty much
the same story was going on in the mid 80s and mini
vendors when confronted with processor based server
solutions and so history repeats itself.

6 months from delisting from the NYSE to Chapter 11.
Here's hoping that someone big and good picks them up
>and does something meaningful with their IP, instead of
>just pigeonholing it and collecting royalties. I'd like
>to see Sun make a move, but it may be a while, because
>all the players probably want the carcass to rot a little
>bit more before swooping down.

SGI has no IP left, they sodl everything they could. I
think the only thing they have left is some of their
interconnect technology, and even that is not really state
of the art any more. So pretty much SGI is of no interest
to anyone out there sad but true.

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Mon, 08 May 2006 12:07:05 -0400, Caleb Shay <caleb (AT) webninja (DOT) comwrote:

5/8/06, Ethan 'Toole <ethan (AT) 757tech (DOT) netwrote:
><*sob*>
>>
>We all knew it was coming
>
Yeah, I know, but it's still sad.
>
>>
>It's ALL LINUX'S FAULT!!!
>
No, it's SGI's fault fora number of reasons, including resting on
their laurels instead of actually making some kind of attempt at
keeping up with the rest of the industry. If they hadn't effectively
abandoned IRIX and MIPS I'd still be using SGI hardware for all of my
needs instead of going to Linux on my servers and desktop (though I
recently made the switch to SX on the desktop with my new Intel 20"
iMac and my 17" MacBook Pro is arriving today according to
FedEx.com!).

In my opinion, the big bet on Itanium had a bit to do with it. Intel had touted it as the Next Big Thing (TM), and it fizzled. the three big X86 server makers (HP, IBM, and Dell), the number of them producing Itanium systems has gone down from three to one, and the only one remaining is also the origin of the Itanium itself. Meanwhile, SGI was apparently trying to obsolete Irix on MIPS in favor of Linux on Itanium. I don't think their Itanium yearly sales broke over 1000 units; I'd like to search for the 2005 total Itanium sales figures, but I'm busy stripping shingles off of a roof right now (ugh).

6 months from delisting from the NYSE to Chapter 11. Here's hoping that someone big and good picks them up and does something meaningful with their IP, instead of just pigeonholing it and collecting royalties. I'd like to see Sun make a move, but it may be a while, because all the players probably want the carcass to rot a little bit more before swooping down.

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No, it's SGI's fault fora number of reasons, including resting on
their laurels instead of actually making some kind of attempt at
keeping up with the rest of the industry. If they hadn't effectively
abandoned IRIX and MIPS I'd still be using SGI hardware for all of my
needs instead of going to Linux on my servers and desktop (though I
recently made the switch to SX on the desktop with my new Intel 20"
iMac and my 17" MacBook Pro is arriving today according to
FedEx.com!).

I was kidding.

Yes, IRIX has fallen behind, and there are many reasons why SGI has
failed while Sun has prospered.

It all comes down to one thing.

The logo change.

(Kidding, again).

I've got 2 , 3 Indy's, 1 , 2 200's, and other
miscellaneous older stuff (Crimson, Indigo, etc) sitting up in my
office that spends most of its time powered off now.
Caleb

I'm right up there with ya well, actually it's a matter of paying the
power bill for the 2000 and /RE. I used to be a big SGI fanboy.

The last SGI machine to add to my collection will be a 3800.
- E

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