“SGI, a company founded on deluxe graphics computers, is paring
several development projects and eliminating jobs in an effort that
seems destined to make the company more profit-oriented, but also
more generic.”
“SGI chief executive Rick Belluzzo said in an interview last
week that SGI will focus its products on more
specific markets where it can better stand out from the
competition. The former HP executive pointed toward
partnerships with larger computer companies, a push toward
single-purpose ‘appliance servers,’ and building big servers
running Linux and using dozens of processors.”
“…SGI has been stepping back from its earlier keenness for
Windows. The company said last week that that Linux is the
operating system of choice for servers in the long term, and that
its Intel-based workstations will run Linux by year’s end.”