Silicon Graphics Gets the Rack

Courtesy Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:00

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" said Dickens, and he could well have been talking about Silicon Valley in 2009 — while some firms are setting up venture capital funds , others are looking for a buoy just to stay afloat.

Such is the case for Silicon Graphics, as the once power-player revealed last week it will be sold to Rackable Systems for just half the cost of some of its...

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