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I'd never met Rick Belluzzo, but having known SGI insiders of his era I gathered that he'd driven the company strongly towards NT on x86 at the cost/risk of los

I'd never met Rick Belluzzo, but having known SGI insiders of his era I gathered that he'd driven the company strongly towards NT on x86 at the cost/risk of losing their corporate and personal UNIX competencies, causing some internal outrage. When his time was up at SGI he quickly popped up at Microsoft running MSN in what I saw as a synecure meant as a pat on the back for a job well done. Am I right on this?

shrubble 3y ago
That is a widely held view among Unix nerds like me, at least.
- jra_samba 3y ago
  My recollection of that time (I was at SGI when Belluzzo was there). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremyallison_wither-google-fyi-this-is-my-recollection-activity-7153117822452158464-60MO?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremyallison_wither-google-f...