SGI Arises From the Ashes

eldavojohn writes "Six months ago, Slashdot reported on SGI's filing of Chapter Eleven Bankruptcy. I wondered why Slashdot kept the Silicon Graphics category with them now defunct. But Chapter Eleven means a reorganization — not liquidation. And, surprisingly, SGI has dusted itself off and stood back up. What did they dust off? About $150 million worth of spending a year. Will this reorganization put them back as a player in the graphics game? Maybe but as the article notes, they have some stiff competition that offer comparable services for less money. Is this a phoenix story or the final death throes of the company?" To be honest, no one here suspected a thing. We just keep the old topics around so it's still possible to find old stories related to them. Sometimes (like now!) they even still come in handy.

Comments

like enlightenment?

[Speare]

Plus, old icons give kdawson something to play with when he's bored!

Re:Is this entire site populated by illiterates?

[vox_soli]

It could be worse. In fifty years there probably won't even be text fora like this. Written language will be a lost secret of the mysterious past and it'll all just be morons grunting at each other over webcams.

no, he actually meant "throws"

[User 956]

"Is this a phoenix story or the final death throws of the company?" - Sheesh. That should be 'death throes'.

No, he was talking about actual "death throws". Like when Steve Ballmer gets ahold of a chair.

Re:no, he actually meant "throws"

[ackthpt]

No, he was talking about actual "death throws". Like when Steve Ballmer gets ahold of a chair.

There's a new show for prime time ... celebrity cadaver throwing.

Re:no, he actually meant "throws"

[MadUndergrad]

I was thinking more along the lines of that they have to roll a saving throw vs. death. (DC 25)

Re:no, he actually meant "throws"

[StikyPad]

I think he really meant "Death Row's." Dictation software is a biatch.

Re:no, he actually meant "throws"

[clickclickdrone]

OMG, I think you've just hit the nail on the head about how senior management do their job.
1. Senior Exec throws 2 x D6
2. Looks up chart, adds modifier because it's a Tuesday
3. 'Decides' to fire experienced engineers and offshore work to India
4. Companies reputation drops through floor, nasty products in marketplace etc.
5. Senior exec gets huge bonus for saving money (this year - next year they tank)
6. Profit! (for senior exec)
7. Senior exec moves to next company with CV that says they worked at XX for 18 months and cut costs by $35m so gets huge pay rise, joining bonus etc.
8. Remaining staff stare with open mouths whilst muttering WTF?

I Think You'll Find

[Greyfox]

That most of our parents were married before we were born...

IM A BASTARD

[Anonymous Coward]

YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD

Sorry but....

[Makito]

I for one welcome our grunting overlords!

Re:SGI appears to be out of the graphics business

[OneoFamillion]

Yep, it is Silicon Graphics after all... Unless they only use "SGI" now and smugly change the words it was abbreviated from to "Superb Velocity Industries" or something :P

Re:Zombie brains

[Anonymous Coward]

They also build around RISC OS... which was a piece of shit when it came out, a piece of shit when it developed some, and a piece of shit when Acorn went into the toilet.

... and it's still a piece of shit after x more years of ham-fisted, half-assed development by groteque collection of small necrophilliac companies who have fondled the dead body of Acorn and its over-hyped products in the hope of exploiting the idiotic devotion of a few clueless British tech-heads.

BTW: My first job was developing for the Archimedes. Can you guess that I wasn't fond of it, or its unfailingly obnoxious users. To give you some idea of how bad it was: switching to DOS and Win 3.x development was a blessing. Pity me that lost year of Acorn hell.

Re:SGI-lite

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope, they all melted down before the benchmark test finished.