With a Chapter 11 reorg, a potential buyer would get access to a lot of very interesting HPC technology, without a lot of liability. This is what the current bondholders are counting on - buy it while it's cheap and sell it for more to some other company.
What do you get (of any value) when you snap up SGI?
-XFS/XVM/CXFS - one of the best storage environments out there in production -OpenGL/VAN -DMF/TMF -GRIO -Numerous other subsystems to IRIX/Linux
Their hardware hasn't kept pace as well. However, there's still a lot to like about the architecture (HyperTransport looks so much like SGI-Craylink). They're about the only ones who managed to make something useful of Itanium (another straw on the camel's back). Perhaps someone could do something with it, provided they supply the needed R&D money.
Devices could easily be designed to carry data such as percent oxygen, number of heartbeats present, nearest locator beacon, etc. Very low data rate, but still good enough to get this sort of quick-and-dirty textual stuff through...
...a 1-litre superbike straight off the assembly line will make toast of any of these (0-60mph 3 sec). Cost is around $10K, so you can get one in every color and still buy that bass boat, for what this thing costs.
ZFS is one of the more interesting filesystem developments of late. While the address space is nice, it's the data replication features included that make this a potential candidate to threaten the proprietary (and expensive) DR features of modern SAN and NAS storage systems. Need a synchronous or asynchronous mirror? No problem. Just issue a ZFS command on your OSX/Solaris/Linux server...
Has easy-to-use built-in PPTP and L2TP VPN that works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux clients. It also includes nice goodies like Apache, Samba, Directory Services, Jabber Server, etc.
Of course, you need a Macintosh to run it. I would suggest a Xserve G5. They're very nice. But any 'ol Power Mac or Dual Core will do...
This sounds very much like the interlink that SGI/Cray uses to turn 2- and 4-processor "bricks" into multi-way supercomputers. I guess it's just testimony as to how advanced those Cray-turned-SGI guys were (we're talking early 1990s)...
Boy, this pales even in comparison to VMware Workstation 5.5. What a fetid turd. It's totally Microsoftian, in the "bad" way. VMware is infinitely more usable. I installed it this morning and have removed it before lunch. I'll stick with VMware, thanks.
Agreed. I often prefer criteria #2 to #1, particularly when #1 isn't that big of a difference. But there's also a #3, which is "service." I much prefer to give my money to the guys down at the local hardware store, because they actually help me find what I need. Not so for Home Depot. They suck.
then you have the ultimate in Mom-and-Pop competitive advantage to big corporate box retailers. I'd love to be able to find just the right product at a shop down the street than have to go to Best Buy or Amazon.com. Increasing the ability to find their inventories will help immensely.
This is where the moronic book publishers get things wrong - by Google helping consumers actually FIND the crap they sell, they DRIVE business TOWARDS your stupid company. Oh, and ISPs get it wrong too. The only reason we pay monthly fees to get IP service is because companies like Google provide compelling reasons to do so. Otherwise, I'd take up windsurfing or something...
We're looking at exactly this device, and we're happy that our Libraries have taken the plunge ahead of us. This system allows pretty much ad hoc scan-to-PDF(or TIFF or whatever)-to-server utility. They use it in an email fashion, because everyone has an email account. Scans show up as attachments. Very slick. The quality and file sizes produced were quite usable.
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With a Chapter 11 reorg, a potential buyer would get access to a lot of very interesting HPC technology, without a lot of liability. This is what the current bondholders are counting on - buy it while it's cheap and sell it for more to some other company.
What do you get (of any value) when you snap up SGI?
-XFS/XVM/CXFS - one of the best storage environments out there in production
-OpenGL/VAN
-DMF/TMF
-GRIO
-Numerous other subsystems to IRIX/Linux
Their hardware hasn't kept pace as well. However, there's still a lot to like about the architecture (HyperTransport looks so much like SGI-Craylink). They're about the only ones who managed to make something useful of Itanium (another straw on the camel's back). Perhaps someone could do something with it, provided they supply the needed R&D money.
...or are you just happy to see me?
Thank you. Here all week.
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Devices could easily be designed to carry data such as percent oxygen, number of heartbeats present, nearest locator beacon, etc. Very low data rate, but still good enough to get this sort of quick-and-dirty textual stuff through...
...a 1-litre superbike straight off the assembly line will make toast of any of these (0-60mph 3 sec). Cost is around $10K, so you can get one in every color and still buy that bass boat, for what this thing costs.
...still wearing skin tight leotards?
Because $2 isn't worth my time. Some of us have jobs, you know...
Besides, they come in very intersting odours and colors these days. Very vibrant...
If a kneecap or two happens to get broken, well, so be it...
The kid loves the stuff, and it's like $2 for a couple of cans. The "Fun Factory" is still under $5 (and includes a can or two). Great stuff.
Apple establishes a new French government in the central France town of Vichy. Steve Jobs is appointed as head of state.
Apple establishes a new French government in the central France town of Vichy. Steve Jobs is appointed as head of state.
ZFS is one of the more interesting filesystem developments of late. While the address space is nice, it's the data replication features included that make this a potential candidate to threaten the proprietary (and expensive) DR features of modern SAN and NAS storage systems. Need a synchronous or asynchronous mirror? No problem. Just issue a ZFS command on your OSX/Solaris/Linux server...
for providing "truth" because all truth is subjective, and requires the conscious editorial input of trusted sources.
one would think these guys would just seek gainful employment.
Has easy-to-use built-in PPTP and L2TP VPN that works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux clients. It also includes nice goodies like Apache, Samba, Directory Services, Jabber Server, etc.
Of course, you need a Macintosh to run it. I would suggest a Xserve G5. They're very nice. But any 'ol Power Mac or Dual Core will do...
This sounds very much like the interlink that SGI/Cray uses to turn 2- and 4-processor "bricks" into multi-way supercomputers. I guess it's just testimony as to how advanced those Cray-turned-SGI guys were (we're talking early 1990s)...
LOL! Exactly the first thing that popped into my head - "hey, good thing they kept that OS/2 REXX code around..."
You can only observe it indirectly by witnessing the blinking lights on the Infiniband switches that interconnect the nodes...
Boy, this pales even in comparison to VMware Workstation 5.5. What a fetid turd. It's totally Microsoftian, in the "bad" way. VMware is infinitely more usable. I installed it this morning and have removed it before lunch. I'll stick with VMware, thanks.
Yes, we also run ESX/VC. There's no comparison.
but it doesn't necessarily make it 100% OK with your "corporation" or "union." For example, certain state agencies regulate this sort of activity. I'm certain a numbert of corporations have similar rules.
it's ALWAYS revolutionary when the Brits or Aussies do something us Yanks have already done.
Thos bastards! CALL THE FBI!
Throw a hundred megs of pr0n on each CD. Make sure it's worth my time, though...
Agreed. I often prefer criteria #2 to #1, particularly when #1 isn't that big of a difference. But there's also a #3, which is "service." I much prefer to give my money to the guys down at the local hardware store, because they actually help me find what I need. Not so for Home Depot. They suck.
then you have the ultimate in Mom-and-Pop competitive advantage to big corporate box retailers. I'd love to be able to find just the right product at a shop down the street than have to go to Best Buy or Amazon.com. Increasing the ability to find their inventories will help immensely.
This is where the moronic book publishers get things wrong - by Google helping consumers actually FIND the crap they sell, they DRIVE business TOWARDS your stupid company. Oh, and ISPs get it wrong too. The only reason we pay monthly fees to get IP service is because companies like Google provide compelling reasons to do so. Otherwise, I'd take up windsurfing or something...
We're looking at exactly this device, and we're happy that our Libraries have taken the plunge ahead of us. This system allows pretty much ad hoc scan-to-PDF(or TIFF or whatever)-to-server utility. They use it in an email fashion, because everyone has an email account. Scans show up as attachments. Very slick. The quality and file sizes produced were quite usable.