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The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

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346 points BirAdam | 2 comments | 05 Apr 24 16:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.411s | source
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cf100clunk ◴[05 Apr 24 19:11 UTC] No.39945958[source]▶
I'd never met Rick Belluzzo, but having known SGI insiders of his era I gathered that he'd driven the company strongly towards NT on x86 at the cost/risk of losing their corporate and personal UNIX competencies, causing some internal outrage. When his time was up at SGI he quickly popped up at Microsoft running MSN in what I saw as a synecure meant as a pat on the back for a job well done. Am I right on this?
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1. shrubble ◴[05 Apr 24 20:01 UTC] No.39946536[source]▶
That is a widely held view among Unix nerds like me, at least.
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2. jra_samba ◴[05 Apr 24 22:07 UTC] No.39947840[source]▶
My recollection of that time (I was at SGI when Belluzzo was there).

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