On June 25, Brian Chase wrote:
> I can see SGI holding out for a while yet, with their last gasps in the
> realm Onyx2 type systems for real-time work and then in their high-end
> Origin systems used by the US Gov't--effectively becoming subsidized by
> the gov't.

  Last gasps?  Do you have any idea how much money they make in that
market?  Those "last gasps" dwarf the revenue they make from the
animation geeks in hollywood.  I don't think it's wise to write them
off at this point.

  The US Govt's money is as green as anyone else's.  And since they
print the stuff and can reallocate it in any way they see fit, it's
even a little bit greener.

           -Dave McGuire