[rescue] SGI stock @ 53 cents

[Ken Hansen]

I'd like to see SGI get involved in something that could actually *excite* the
public - no one know what they make (present company excluded), and they have
moved from niche vendor to clone-wannabe. They need to take their great
technology and package it up in something the average person can use/want. Once
every animator in CA has a brand new SGI workstation on their desk, where is the
next market segment to conqure?

If SGI made a nice SCSI-based Sun Blade-class machine with *real* graphics and a
similar $1K price tag, they might get something going on... Ever better machines
for an ever smaller market segment is not a growth plan, IMHO.

Ken

james at foonly.com wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>
> > Current price is 51 cents.  I am tempted to throw a couple hundred bucks at
> > it and see what happens.  Worst case scenario they are bought by Bill Gates
>
> I have been thinking about this possibility for a while.  If MS did want
> to get into h/w, SGI would be a near-perfect way to do it.  Keep the
> engineers and technology, fire the management and marketing.