“SGI took pains to reassure observers today that the company’s
unexpected CEO change won’t alter its recovery strategy.”
“…amid the change, [new SGI CEO Bob] Bishop emphasized that
he won’t alter the company’s strategy: Using the Linux
operating system on Intel’s future IA-64 chips to power high-end
servers, graphics-intensive computers, and the shipment of video
and audio across the Internet.”
“SGI has now almost completely backed out of its plan to embrace
Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system and its 1996 acquisition of
Cray Research. ‘We made a strategic decision to divest ourselves of
the NT group,’ Bishop said.”
” ‘I think if we look back five years ago, we’re returning to
our starting point,’ said Bishop. Only five years ago, ‘we didn’t
have the choice of leveraging ourselves with the Internet or
leveraging ourselves with Linux or leveraging ourselves with Merced
or leveraging ourselves with Nvidia.’ “