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To: Christian Fuhrmann who wrote (4837)	5/11/1998 10:08:00 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

Chris, Great article, I love history stories. What I found really interesting is the picture at the top of the article. It provides lots of information. I assume the white area at the bottom is empty because that where SGI had the 500 systems they sold to the auto guys. The blue area show the inventory they still have on the shelf. Hey it looks like they have 1000 of somthin on the shelf and ready to go. I currently working for a company that deals with unke sam and unke sam wants commercial off the shelf (COTS) systems. Ain't no doubt about it, SGI is poised with lots of systems on the shelf. Oh boy! I think I can dream about all the revenue coming it. Oh! but be a little quiet with this info. Customers who know a company has lots of inventory tend to squeeeze the margin. And it looks like SGI has lots of lots of inventory. Anyway this MaRkEtZoId sayes thanx for the pointer. REMEMBER an intel processor is a terrible thing to infect with a borg virus unless it resides in a system built by SGI.

To: Christian Fuhrmann who wrote (4837)	5/12/1998 12:53:00 AM
From: Mathon Dabasir	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14451

Christian, nice post, very informative... but it has me extremely worried for SGI's future, Mr. Belluzzo and all. Why am I worried? Well, let's just say <imho> it's articles -exactly like this- that keep SGI out of the minds of most -mainstream- IS managers when they go about solving their -mainstream business problems- with sensible product offerings. To me, this article still paints the SGI server as a high-end, niche-oriented, futuristic box that just isn't practical for most business applications. That's -not- to say that's the truth of the matter. It's just the picture SGI keeps painting in my opinion. Mathon