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Rackable Buying SGI Assets For $25M?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-not-totally-sure-about-this-one dept.

UnanimousCoward was one of many people to submit a story that might be an April Fools day joke, except that I don't think it is. Rackable Systems has announced that it is buying SGI for the bargain basement price of $25M. Time was that there was little cooler than an SGI workstation. And note to Rackable's PR: Either this was a genius joke, or a terrible day to announce huge news. Someone either deserves a promotion or a firing.

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  1. Re:Wow by robthebloke · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have that many peanuts unfortunately...

  2. Re:Head hurts parsing this sentence... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I had no problem parsing the sentence grammatically, but it still didn't make sense. Dang those SGIs ran hot with all the hardware stuffed in there. The O2s served a dual function as space heaters.

  3. Re:"little cooler than an SGI workstation..." by Leafheart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, and re-installing irix was as simple as constructing an atomic bomb in your garden shed, from 2 paperclips, some woodglue, and a dead panda, whilst your arms are tied behind your back.

    So you need to be McGyver?

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    --- "When you gotta do something wrong. You gotta do it right. (Fighter)"
  4. Re:O2 by Dan+Ost · · Score: 2, Funny

    My Octane does a pretty good job of holding the carpet down.

    Stupid uppity carpets

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    *sigh* back to work...
  5. Re:"little cooler than an SGI workstation..." by robthebloke · · Score: 2, Funny

    pretty much...

  6. Re:"little cooler than an SGI workstation..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah yes, Irix. Passwordless "guest" accounts and privilege escalation bugs in the default install.