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Ironically, HPE bought SGI a couple of years ago.

• B1FF_PSUVM 7y ago
  They also bought Compaq which had bought DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), of PDP and VAX fame. To complete the set, they should have bought Sun, instead of letting Oracle do that. (Seems they were busy blowing the billions on a software acquisition now resulting in jail sentences.)
  • zantana 7y ago
    It's funny how some companies just seem to acquire old giants/pioneers as some sort of trophy case to the point where they have the DNA of most of the industry, but frequently little of the talent. I think of companies like Chrysler who through AMC acquired pretty much all of the extinct mid-century American car companies and now has branched all over the globe. How much of that old history is even tracable. Also Computer Associates, wherever they are now.
    • culturestate 7y ago
      > Also Computer Associates, wherever they are now. Broadcom bought CA last fall - https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/financial-releases/2375294 https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/financial-releases/237...
      • basch 7y ago
        and Broadcom is a spinoff of HP.
        • dkersten 7y ago
          Its like... tech company incest.