On: The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

[grumpyprole]

> The market would have exploded

Absolutely, they could have been where Nvidia is now!

[Keyframe → grumpyprole]

I'd argue Nvidia is ex-SGI, and so is ex-ATI. It's all their crew in the beginnings.

[foobarian → Keyframe]

I wish we could have a debugging view of the universe, draw a diagram with clusters of people labeled with company names, and watch them change over time. :-)

[jmtulloss → foobarian]

This view would certainly explain to people outside of Silicon Valley/ SF why the Bay Area has been so dominant in our industry for so many years.

[christkv → grumpyprole]

Or they could have 3dfxed themselves.