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Rackable seeks SGI crown jewels
May 11, 2009
Rackable Systems remained convinced that Silicon Graphics must have some invaluable IP hidden somewhere.
Rackable Systems has bought Silicon Graphics (SGI) out of bankruptcy for $25m, and announced today it would change its own name to SGI, with Rackable becoming just a product line.
More on the reasons for SGI's troubles, and the Rackable buy, here.
Thanks to vaxomatic (Flickr, CC licence) for the pic.
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