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I agree, I can't see SGI going anywhere quickly, however they are being
hit Hard.  I'd hate to see them go, and i don't think putting money into
itanic is a good idea, but I don't know how much they can do with it.  the
origin arch is damn nice, and it dosen't matter all that much what proc is
powering it.  an origin with ultrasparcs, or alphas would be damn sweet
too.  SGI really does need to do something about the MIPS proc, it's being
used more and more for low end settops and similar and less and less for
high end work, because it's just not fast enough for most high end
apps.  I know MHZ on't rule all, but a 400mhz anything is going to be hard
pressed to fight it out with a 750mhz USIII.  It'll be intresting.
	Nick

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   We'll see.  When the government labs stop buying
> multi-hundred-million-dollar computer installations from them because
> they've gone to wimpy Intel processors, they'll figure it out real
> quick-like.  I could be all wet, but I really don't see SGI going away
> anytime soon.  And only partially because people have been predicting
> the "imminent doom" of SGI for at least the past six years.
> 
>       -Dave
> 
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> Dave McGuire
> Laurel, MD
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