SGI files for Chapter 11

[yesthattom]

The company that made the computers used by Hollywood to generate Jurassick Park, and scientists used to map DNA, is now barely a shell of its former self.

And now Chapter 11

Comments

[kimuchi.livejournal.com]

In fairness, they've been a shadow of their former self for years now. It's sad to see them go, though, they were an awesome place to work when times were good.

[dossy.livejournal.com]

"Hey! I know this! It's UNIX -- gone bankrupt."

[dossy.livejournal.com]

SGI should rise from the ashes with a kick-ass gaming console. They could even call it Phoenix.

What SGI did for the video industry years ago, they could do for the "new" video industry today -- the video *gaming* industry. Wonder if there's any engineers still left there to even pull off something like this.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Short form: no, there aren't. My understanding is that most of the team behind SGI's graphics chipsets from their heydey in the 90s are now at nVidia.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Actually, we're in the shell of SGI's former self. :)

[xthread.livejournal.com]

See what happens when you bet the company on NT?

[awfief.livejournal.com]

I hated IRIX, that's all I know. But yeah, good contributions.