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Not to start a debate, but heres another post to ponder: http://slashdot.org/features/99/09/02/1416237.shtml It does a fair amount of debunking of FUD and the like concerning SGI/Irix. Andrew > "Green, Andrew" wrote: > > . . . > > I've followed most of the SGI/Irix news I've seen, and > > I just cannot jump to the apparent conclusion most > > people are reaching. > > . . . > > > I think it is very unlikely that we will have time to do this. Given > the > > > dwindling support from SGI for IRIX I question the wisdom of doing > this. > > > > > > - Peter Braam . . . > > I have to agree with Peter's statement on this and strongly disaggree that > SGI owns the super-computing market. SGI won't even have its Cray division > before too long. See SGIs own news release even about there > "...partnership > or other transaction..." with their Cray unit at > <http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/1999/august/cray.html>. If you > absolutely have to keep your SGI hardware around then see if it's one of > the > platforms that Linux is supported on (like the Indy's) and then compile in > Coda to your Linux kernel.Received on 1999-09-02 13:44:43