[coldtea]

He's responsible for the great success of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI)

> and held leadership roles with the Aspen Institute, Vanguard Group, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), and Stanford University.

[sublinear]

How is that relevant to the question of software development expertise?

[coldtea]

It was a fun jab - as SGI famously tanked in the late 90s.

But SGI also had quite a lot of software, including their OS (IRIX), imaging and 3D modelling libs and tools, and this little thing called OpenGL.

[_DeadFred_]

SGI gave us NVidia

[librasteve]

nah, that was Forest Basket

[daishi55]

So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of, and which hasn’t existed for 16 years, and that means I should care what he thinks about vibe coding / modern software development why?

The whole resume just screams BS.

[coldtea]

>decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of

Err, SGI was one of the pillars of the industry.

[daishi55]

Apparently not? A pillar is something that is structurally required.

[_DeadFred_]

What would today look like without NVidia? SGI is a pilar.

[pandaman]

We'd likely have 3Dfx keeping its technology and developing it, or Rendition, S3, 3DLabs or whatever taking its place instead.

[jjav]

> So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of,

You must be trolling? SGI is one of the legend companies of Silicon Valley.

[daishi55]

Never heard of it. Maybe legendary among people over 50.

Regardless, he apparently was a just a PM there? For a year?

[ethbr1]

I'm under 50 and know SGI. People should spend more time learning some of the field's history.

Maybe then they wouldn't make the same goddamn mistakes over and over again.

[coldtea]

>Never heard of it.

Than maybe get another profession.

That's the same vibe as some musician saying "Elvis? Never heard of him. Maybe legendary among people over 50."

[disgruntledphd2]

Google moved into their old building, fwiw.

[iJohnDoe]

Wow, seriously?

Fun fact. macOS (formerly OS X) Got many of its design cues from HP-UX, IBM AIX, Solaris, and Silicon Graphics (SGI). I managed a fleet of these UNIX systems, so had a distinct vantage point to notice it. I wouldn’t blame anyone else for not noticing. OS X was absolutely revolutionary, but also had some design inspiration from the systems before it.

Anyways, just know that any system you’re using today (Mac, Windows, Linux) was inspired by SGI and the other UNIX platforms.