VA Research Gets New Investors 44
fremen writes "Yahoo has an article about VA Research starting a new round of fund raising. It mentions that it has gained funding from SGI among other companies. "
A list is only as strong as its weakest link. -- Don Knuth
Re:Aren't SGI and VA competitors? (Score:1)
Besides, what is up with everyone expecting that Linux must match every UNIX available? Why can't each be suited to a particular task and let it go at that?
I can only image how bored I'd get with SGIs if SGI spent all its time trying to make IRIX run more like Solaris...
Re:oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
Actually, my table was fine, except for the fact that I & other people RSVP'd early, showed up early.. and still were not allowed to sit at tables under 6... something that is distinctly not a LUG-type activity.
Note, this is just a precursor of travesties of abuse to come.
Re:damn! (Score:1)
(I have a used R4400 Indigo2 which I love).
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Re:oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
VA hosts Debian.org, Themes.org, Mesa3D.org, GNU.org, FSF.org, SVLUG.org, and Mail-Archive.com to name but a paltry few. You figure out the other Open Source sites VA hosts; there are quite a few of them. You go find my prior post on how VA essentially donates an entire T3 to Open Source projects.
I believe you owe VA an apology.
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SGI? (Score:2)
Go, team (Score:2)
SGI is probably doomed (Score:1)
make it the next HP. The decision to go Intel
seems evidence of an eventual nasty end..
VA Linux Systems (Score:1)
It's now VA Linux Systems (Score:1)
damn! (Score:1)
gee i wish sgi would fund me with an Octane...
assmodeus
oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
$ for $, I think VAResearch and Linuxcare's "fund raising" event at balug was the best marketing money they've ever spent.
I guess I'm just tired of seeing predominantly PR out of some of these linux companies. "We're donating to linux developers.. see
In my *personal* *opinion*, it was nothing more than a publicity stunt/elbow rubbing session for the corporate linux people.. ie, "Please don't sit in table #6 and below.. those are for the press and to facilitate us to get ourselves quoted and referenced in more news articles." - Not a real quote, a paraphrase.
*puke*... think I'm gonna go back to slack..
btw: why don't these guys IPO?? So other people can get a share... I'm guessing they want to placate other companies in the silicon valley so they're not thought of as a threat and summarily trounced upon.. but I'm not sure..
Re:Go, team (Score:2)
I would agree with this sentiment. We just got 2 servers, P II Xeon, 1GB RAM, 63 GB RAID 5, for our new web site and VA Linux was the fastest to the punch. The servers were delivered exactly as ordered. (It was a fairly complex setup with RAID, fail over, and other stuff.) And they completed the spec of the systems in 3 hours and delivered them in 5 days including shipping.
The fact that they were able to deliver such a high level system so fast was absolutely amazing. I've dealt with Sun, Dell, Compaq, and a lot of others and VA Linux is the best hands down.
Re:I don't see you forking over a percentage... (Score:1)
Re:SGI is probably doomed (Score:1)
I'm guessing here that you are talking about a specific issue within HP.. not the company as a whole.
Linux hardware vendors rock (Score:1)
The Linux hardware vendors have shown a dedication to the community and customers that is rarely seen in this generally cruel marketplace. I sincerely hope they keep it up.
VAResearch (Score:1)
Re:Linux hardware vendors rock (Score:1)
Re:oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
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Geoff Harrison (http://mandrake.net)
Senior Software Engineer - VA Linux Labs (http://www.valinux.com)
It was in a press release (Score:1)
VA Research changed its name to VA Linux Systems at the same time as their acquisition of Linux Hardware Solutions. Go back in the press releases - you'll find it there.
Re:oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
Every other phrase uttered before and after was some 'thanks linuxcare... thanks VA'.. as though there really was no balug at all. I'm just saying it's a bit hypocritical... particularly when the guy thanking linuxcare is one of their founders, am I right? Maybe I'm just an idiot eh?
about two months ago. (Score:1)
Chris DiBona
VA Linux Systems
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Grant Chair, Linux Int.
VP, SVLUG
Re:oh boy, good thing they gave $7K to debian.. (Score:1)
I did not say VA is not active in the community, or is in some way taking advantage of the community as a whole.
I said this "balug meeting/fundraiser" was a farce.... a sharade put on by VA and linuxcare.
Now, if they had claimed that it was a fundraising event for debian coordinated by VA and Linuxcare that was intended to raise the awareness of all three, I would've gone, listened to it.. and been happy... but disguising it as a balug meeting.... geez.. the guy almost even forgot to mention it was balug while he was thanking people.
So no, nobody owes VA an apology. I just hope they realize what they're doing.
No! Not back to that neighborhood! (Score:1)
VA moved to a 4x larger building in Sunnyvale which was being vacated by Boca Research. It's next to the Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space site, where there will obviously be lots more big buildings to occupy as Lockheed shrinks. ;-)
Re:will sgi buy va? (Score:1)
Aren't SGI and VA competitors? (Score:1)
Re:Well, Bitch Bitch Bitch! (Score:1)
Re: (Score:1)
Re:SGI is probably doomed (Score:1)
some things pretty well, like make printers,
and some weird people like their calculators
Re:I don't see you forking over a percentage... (Score:1)
Yeah, if they were putting forward $1m, *that* would be press and noteworthy.... but it's hardly something in which balug should be involved.. well, except for the fact that all the people who run all the lug are now corporate stooges