[geeks] Re: [rescue] Re: Sad end to SGI Power Challenge XL story

[Dave McGuire]

On March 21, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> >   Interesting.  So, whose vector supercomputers are the best nowadays?
> > They sure look like a "player" to me.
> 
> Cray is limping.  SGI managed to drive away some of their best people, 
> and that, coupled with the death of the man his bad self, has turned 
> them into an also-ran.  I wish it wasn't so, as I get a stiff one for 
> Cray hardware, but I see them as a shadow of what they were. (Their 
> booth at SC a few years back ('99) was pitiful.)

  Ok Pete, I definitely agree with this...thanks for clarifying your
position.

        -Dave

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