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This makes it sound like being able to run IRIX was what got people to buy SGI. But I think the reason why people bought $100k SGI machines was for the graphics
by chihuahua 1y ago
This makes it sound like being able to run IRIX was what got people to buy SGI. But I think the reason why people bought $100k SGI machines was for the graphics hardware, not for IRIX.
- eschaton 1y agoSix of one, half a dozen of the other: The software that took advantage of the graphics hardware ran on IRIX, and your system administrators and software developers would also probably need IRIX systems, but without as much need for the graphics functionality. This was one of the reasons for the Solaris x86 port: It might still be useful for people who didn’t need a Sun to run Solaris.
- spacedcowboy 1y agoIRIX was so far ahead of its time that the software was a real selling point. We had a bunch of different unix workstations in my PhD group, but as soon as someone got an Indy, it was SGI all the way. No-one wanted anything else.