Re: [9fans] way OT but shocking none the less

2009-04-07 Thread Eris Discordia
Not really. Rackable Systems has for long been one of those things that were there but you never saw. And SGI's end was coming. When did they decommission IRIX? Wasn't it some years ago? I think Rackable Systems is going to focus on SGI's supercomputing background and boost their line with

[9fans] way OT but shocking none the less

2009-04-06 Thread Steve Simon
On March 9th SGI was delisted from NASDAQ and on April 1st it was purchased for just $25M by Rackable Systems. Google will tell you more if you want. -Steve

Re: [9fans] way OT but shocking none the less

2009-04-06 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
...SGI... was purchased for just $25M by Rackable Systems I saw that. It's a sad day when such an icon of the computer industry gets bought by some company I've never heard of for a (relatively) piddly little sum... winmail.dat