Living in the metro SLC area, it makes more sense to have Google Fiber at the University of Utah. And, there is no way in hell I would move to Provo. Hopefully the fiber will spread.
It is no coincidence that SGI purchased lnxi. After Bo joined lnxi, he hired many current and ex-SGI people. An insider tells that many of the Bo cronies were offered jobs after the closing. It is also rumored that after Bo left lnxi, he knew the customer base of lnxi and would often try to sell to these customers.
"So the Apple project at Virginia Tech may be a wonderful educational project, but commercial customers who have less interest in experimentation are more likely to pay specialists at Linux Networx, RLX Technologies, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell or Hewlett-Packard to plan the plumbing, package the software and plug in the cables. And those companies aren't going to rely on Macs."
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I don't get it. Aren't they too godly to watch porn in Utah?
Funny you should point that out, UT has one of the higher consumption (viewed) of porn.
Living in the metro SLC area, it makes more sense to have Google Fiber at the University of Utah. And, there is no way in hell I would move to Provo. Hopefully the fiber will spread.
It is no coincidence that SGI purchased lnxi. After Bo joined lnxi, he hired many current and ex-SGI people. An insider tells that many of the Bo cronies were offered jobs after the closing. It is also rumored that after Bo left lnxi, he knew the customer base of lnxi and would often try to sell to these customers.
Interesting...
"So the Apple project at Virginia Tech may be a wonderful educational
project, but commercial customers who have less interest in experimentation are more likely to pay specialists at Linux Networx, RLX Technologies, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell or Hewlett-Packard to plan the plumbing, package the software and plug in the cables. And those companies aren't going to rely on Macs."