To: Wendisman who wrote (16499 ) 12/10/1999 9:07:00 AM From: Rande Is Respond to of 57584
SGI had Linux news yesterday. . . .I do like this company. . .I think IBM will eventually buy their Cray Computer division from SGI. . . .and SGI has been looking for someone to buy it. . . .now that IBM is building a new wuper-computer, they could use Cray's technology. I am holding SGI long here. Here is more SGI news. Silicon Graphics 1600SW Flat Panel Monitor Wins 1999 Display Product Of the Year Silver Award The SID/Information Display Magazine Award Rounds Out Year of Honors For Stunning Desktop Display MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI) today announced that the Silicon Graphics(R) 1600SW(TM) flat panel monitor is scheduled to receive the "1999 Information Display Magazine Display Product of the Year Silver Award" at a ceremony today in Long Beach, Calif. Each year, Information Display Magazine assembles an awards committee comprised of highly regarded technical display professionals from around the world to ensure the highest level of technical sophistication and breadth of exposure to the deliberations. The Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor was nominated by a committee member and judged, along with other nominees, on factors including technical innovation, commercial significance, and likely social impact. In addition to the honor received today, the Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor recently won the "Perfect Ten" award from Maximum PC at Fall Comdex '99, and the "Just Plain Cool" award from Australian PC Magazine. The Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor is the only high-resolution, digitally driven monitor available today. It offers a 17.3-inch SuperWide(TM) screen and supports the highest resolution of any commercially available LCD display. The monitor is capable of displaying 24-bit graphics at resolutions up to 1600x1024. The monitor's stunning color saturation and ultrafine dot pitch (110 dpi) allow graphics viewing comparable to high-quality photographs. This monitor is ideal for financial traders, CAD users, Web developers, and desktop publishers. For more information on the Silicon Graphics 1600SW flat panel monitor, please visit www.sgi.com/go/flatpanel.