Re:SGI commited suicide before that. (Score 1)

"Around 1999 the Octane were about 50K, at the time NT machines (think Ingergraph) appeared that were, for many, many purposes, just as capable. They were 10K."

    That's also about the time a civilian employee at the Navy told me this story. The Navy was experimenting with highly centralized automation for, I believe, destroyers. They had a pilot program running on an SGI system. But some bean counter who ran NT on his home machine realized they could save $30K (or whatever it was) per computer if they went with NT. So the decision was made to switch computer platforms.

    The test ship ventured forth on its exciting maiden voyage, with numerous onboard systems controlled by a machine running NT. It had to be towed back to port.