Comment Re:IRIX SUX! (Score 1) 181
This is one of the few times I would respond to a topic like this. All OS's have bad hair days and crappy support lines, not to mention user error, but SGI takes the cake. I worked at shop that ran a mix of Solaris, FreeBSD and WinNT. The offending product was an Origin 2000 (nicknamed "Barney" due to its purple box) that was forced on to us by a client and a sales manager. We spent 2 weeks trying to compile GCC on it. After 2 weeks, we called SGI, and they tell us we will have to buy their C compiler. Ok, fair enough, we fork out the cash.
After another week of trying to install their compiler we call SGI again to get support. They now tell us that should have ordered the server with the C compiler pre-installed and that we will have to ship the box back to SGI. More time and money. Basically, they try to structure their support such that anything you need on box has to be loaded at the factory or be installed by field rep. Which all adds up to $$$$. I guess if I was a high-end animation house, I might want this type of service. But for shops who are used to doing their own work, this is a very expensive way get a box in production.
I would say that we might have been boneheads about the install except that installing GCC on Solaris, HPUX, Linux or FreeBSD is a 20-minute task. What is troublesome is SGI reaction to the problem. They never gave us information to resolve the problem, they only tried to get more $$$ out of us. Call SGI support and then call Cisco and you will see what I am talking about.
And yes, IRIX is not secure. Check out the security sites if you are in doubt.
After another week of trying to install their compiler we call SGI again to get support. They now tell us that should have ordered the server with the C compiler pre-installed and that we will have to ship the box back to SGI. More time and money. Basically, they try to structure their support such that anything you need on box has to be loaded at the factory or be installed by field rep. Which all adds up to $$$$. I guess if I was a high-end animation house, I might want this type of service. But for shops who are used to doing their own work, this is a very expensive way get a box in production.
I would say that we might have been boneheads about the install except that installing GCC on Solaris, HPUX, Linux or FreeBSD is a 20-minute task. What is troublesome is SGI reaction to the problem. They never gave us information to resolve the problem, they only tried to get more $$$ out of us. Call SGI support and then call Cisco and you will see what I am talking about.
And yes, IRIX is not secure. Check out the security sites if you are in doubt.
