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SGI Announces MIPS and IRIX End of Production

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the end-of-an-era dept.

ramakant writes "Considering the recent news regarding their dismal financial situation, it should come as no surprise that SGI announced end of production for MIPS based hardware and the IRIX operating system. From the article: "SGI launched the MIPS/IRIX family of products in 1988. Since then, this technology has powered servers, workstations, and visualization systems used extensively in Manufacturing, Media, Science, Government/Defense, and Energy. After nearly two decades of leading the world in innovation and versatility, the MIPS IRIX products will end their general availability on December 29, 2006." IRIX has always been my favored OS, and I'll be sad to see it gone. Hopefully my O2 will survive for many years to come."

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  1. FOSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think they should release IRIX under the GPL and let the community maintain it!

  2. It's a UNIX system. I know this! by earbenT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lex's skills are useless now. :(

  3. If you read all the way to the bottom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    For those of us who still work at SGI and continue to support this product line,
    also of importance at the bottom of the article is:


    SGI is also committed to offering our customer a full level of support needed to protect their investment in SGI products. End of support (EOS) for MIPS/IRIX products is currently scheduled for no sooner than December 2013. SGI Technology Solutions is continuously evaluating the demand for extended support and may consider longer extensions if necessary.