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0 points29athrowaway3y ago0 comments

Sun and SGI were once profitable but once Linux gained traction it was over.

They had no option to be assimilated by the Borg.

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pjmlp3y ago· 2 in thread

Ironically they were contributors to their own downfall.

toyg3y ago

That was a last-gasp attempt to regain relevancy. It really looked desperate, there was no real business plan behind it and the market could tell.

pjmlp3y ago

Your're missing their contributions to run Linux on their hardware, back when it wasn't seen as a danger to their bottom line.

actionfromafar3y ago

I recall SGI were eaten more by Windows NT + off the shelf OpenGL graphics card than Linux. (But Linux also, of course. All non display output which was ran on SGI/Irix could be ran cheaper on Linux.)

adfm3y ago

Cheap OpenGL hardware, from what I recall.

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