Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mahmoud Hussein who wrote (3892)	12/24/1997 4:21:00 PM
From: Esvida	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

Mahmoud, Read my post again. SGI never had a monopoly even though things could have turned out differently. 8 years ago, SGI had some work done on the PC side. What happened to that effort? Not sure but did JC leave because of some difference in marketing focus? I'm not long yet and my hands tremble too much to click the mouse to issue a buy on SGI. You're dead right on that. -Al

To: Mahmoud Hussein who wrote (3892)	12/28/1997 1:16:00 PM
From: Mathon Dabasir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

>>If SGI blew their graphics monopoly, how is it that everyone prefers to use OpenGL?<< Mahmoud, how much revenue does SGI make in yearly OpenGL licenses? >>Who took graphics away from SGI?<< Intergraph is coming-on very strong. Watch-out for that Digital/Megatech merger in '98 too. >>Sure SGI is not a cut-throat competitor because SGI has weak marketing. The flip side is that SGI has one of the most loyal customer base in-spite of that.<< Loyal customer base??? Surely you jest! Try a customer base loyal to excellent products yes, but -held hostage- to extremely high ownership costs (hw, sw, maintenance, training, upgrades, etc.) and -jumping ship- first chance it gets to better price/performance NT technology. >>Who could SGI have massively deployed its graphic technology to 8 years ago? Where was the market for it besides CAD?Who enabled the 3D application market to where it is today?<< SGI -BLEW- its lead in CAD hw (see loyal customer base) at the same time it failed to conquer new low-end markets. You're right, SGI did enable the 3D market. Then they tapped it dry. Bottom-line: JC had THE PLAN seven years ago. He bailed. It's been downhill for SGI since. <imho>. Mathon