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He's responsible for the great success of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) > and held leadership roles with the Aspen Institute, Vanguard Group, Silicon Graphics,

by coldtea 6mo ago

He's responsible for the great success of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) > and held leadership roles with the Aspen Institute, Vanguard Group, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), and Stanford University.

sublinear 6mo ago
How is that relevant to the question of software development expertise?
- coldtea 6mo ago
  It was a fun jab - as SGI famously tanked in the late 90s. But SGI also had quite a lot of software, including their OS (IRIX), imaging and 3D modelling libs and tools, and this little thing called OpenGL.
  - sublinear 6mo ago
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daishi55 6mo ago
So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of, and which hasn’t existed for 16 years, and that means I should care what he thinks about vibe coding / modern software development why? The whole resume just screams BS.
- coldtea 6mo ago
  >decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of Err, SGI was one of the pillars of the industry.
  - daishi55 6mo ago
    Apparently not? A pillar is something that is structurally required.
    - _DeadFred_ 6mo ago
      What would today look like without NVidia? SGI is a pilar.
      - pandaman 6mo ago
        We'd likely have 3Dfx keeping its technology and developing it, or Rendition, S3, 3DLabs or whatever taking its place instead.
- jjav 6mo 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.
  - daishi55 6mo ago
    Never heard of it. Maybe legendary among people over 50. Regardless, he apparently was a just a PM there? For a year?
    - disgruntledphd2 6mo ago
      Google moved into their old building, fwiw.
    - ethbr1 6mo ago
      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.
    - coldtea 6mo ago
      >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."
    - iJohnDoe 6mo ago
      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.
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librasteve 6mo ago
nah, that was Forest Basket
_DeadFred_ 6mo ago
SGI gave us NVidia

by coldtea 6mo ago

He's responsible for the great success of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) > and held leadership roles with the Aspen Institute, Vanguard Group, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), and Stanford University.

sublinear 6mo ago

How is that relevant to the question of software development expertise?

coldtea 6mo ago
It was a fun jab - as SGI famously tanked in the late 90s. But SGI also had quite a lot of software, including their OS (IRIX), imaging and 3D modelling libs and tools, and this little thing called OpenGL.
- sublinear 6mo ago
  [dead]

daishi55 6mo ago

So decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of, and which hasn’t existed for 16 years, and that means I should care what he thinks about vibe coding / modern software development why? The whole resume just screams BS.

coldtea 6mo ago
>decades ago he worked for a company that no one’s heard of Err, SGI was one of the pillars of the industry.
- daishi55 6mo ago
  Apparently not? A pillar is something that is structurally required.
  - _DeadFred_ 6mo ago
    What would today look like without NVidia? SGI is a pilar.
    - pandaman 6mo ago
      We'd likely have 3Dfx keeping its technology and developing it, or Rendition, S3, 3DLabs or whatever taking its place instead.
jjav 6mo 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.
- daishi55 6mo ago
  Never heard of it. Maybe legendary among people over 50. Regardless, he apparently was a just a PM there? For a year?
  - disgruntledphd2 6mo ago
    Google moved into their old building, fwiw.
  - ethbr1 6mo ago
    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.
  - coldtea 6mo ago
    >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."
  - iJohnDoe 6mo ago
    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.

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librasteve 6mo ago

nah, that was Forest Basket

_DeadFred_ 6mo ago

SGI gave us NVidia