Comment by jjav
1 month ago
> So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of,
You must be trolling? SGI is one of the legend companies of Silicon Valley.
1 month ago
> So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of,
You must be trolling? SGI is one of the legend companies of Silicon Valley.
Never heard of it. Maybe legendary among people over 50.
Regardless, he apparently was a just a PM there? For a year?
I'm under 50 and know SGI. People should spend more time learning some of the field's history.
Maybe then they wouldn't make the same goddamn mistakes over and over again.
>Never heard of it.
Than maybe get another profession.
That's the same vibe as some musician saying "Elvis? Never heard of him. Maybe legendary among people over 50."
Google moved into their old building, fwiw.
Wow, seriously?
Fun fact. macOS (formerly OS X) Got many of its design cues from HP-UX, IBM AIX, Solaris, and Silicon Graphics (SGI). I managed a fleet of these UNIX systems, so had a distinct vantage point to notice it. I wouldn’t blame anyone else for not noticing. OS X was absolutely revolutionary, but also had some design inspiration from the systems before it.
Anyways, just know that any system you’re using today (Mac, Windows, Linux) was inspired by SGI and the other UNIX platforms.