From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA18723; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:22:20 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id AAA09061 for linux-list; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:21:50 -0700 Received: from refugee.engr.sgi.com (fddi-refugee.engr.sgi.com [192.26.75.26]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA09055; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:21:47 -0700 Received: from refugee.engr.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by refugee.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/970502.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id AAA08929; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706200721.AAA08929@refugee.engr.sgi.com> To: "Christopher W. Carlson" Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Getting X on Linux/SGI In-reply-to: Message from carlson@heaven.newport.sgi.com of 19 Jun 1997 8:46:33 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:21:36 -0700 From: Steve Alexander Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk "Christopher W. Carlson" writes: >My point was that SGI is into making hardware. That's how it started >and that is still its main focus. Yes, it is true that our software >is very important because it takes advantage of the proprietary stuff >in the hardware, but the main income for SGI is hardware. How many people buy the hardware and program the bare metal? >Note in any >press releases and stock holder's documents how much is said about the >wonderful software SGI produces (Alias/Wavefront is still a separate >entity). You won't find much. That's a separate issue, which is that very few people here value software. That will probably change with time if the company is going to continue to be successful as the industry shifts. -- Steve