1 Apr
2009
1 Apr
'09
11:42 a.m.
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Jules Richardson wrote:
Christian Liendo wrote:
SGI ceased to be relavent when they stoped producing MIPS-based
workstations. Had they ported IRIX to Itanium, they would have been able to
differentiate themselves from the rest of the marketplace. Of course
we've seen how well that is working for Sun. :-(
Rackable Systems, Inc. Announces Agreement To
Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc
7:48am EDT
Hmm, too early to say whether that's a shame or not. I mean it's sad of
course, but it remains to be seen what the new folk do with the assets. I think I saw something the other day about IBM
looking to acquire Sun, but I
didn't chase that up - there's going to be none of the old names left soon,
though!
I was really saddened when I read that recently, but not surprised.
Suddenly the UNIX market seems really small. You have AIX from IBM, HP-UX
from HP, Mac OS X from Apple, and Linux on just about
everything. The OS
market as a whole isn't *THAT* much larger, except for
either serious niche
OS's or legacy OS's. :-(
Zane