From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:21:24 +0100 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <89314C2DBCA59D78067E3695@[192.168.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <621112A569DAE948AD25CCDCF1C075331AB4BC@dolly.ntdom.cupdx> References: <621112A569DAE948AD25CCDCF1C075331AB4BC@dolly.ntdom.cupdx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] way OT but shocking none the less Topicbox-Message-UUID: d3dee31e-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 parallel supercomputers. Just wild guessing for fun. --On Monday, April 06, 2009 7:37 AM -0700 Benjamin Huntsman wrote: >> ...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... >