[29athrowaway]

Sun and SGI were once profitable but once Linux gained traction it was over.

They had no option to be assimilated by the Borg.

[actionfromafar]

I recall SGI were eaten more by Windows NT + off the shelf OpenGL graphics card than Linux. (But Linux also, of course. All non display output which was ran on SGI/Irix could be ran cheaper on Linux.)

[pjmlp]

Ironically they were contributors to their own downfall.

[toyg]

That was a last-gasp attempt to regain relevancy. It really looked desperate, there was no real business plan behind it and the market could tell.

[pjmlp]

Your're missing their contributions to run Linux on their hardware, back when it wasn't seen as a danger to their bottom line.

[adfm]

Cheap OpenGL hardware, from what I recall.