dcinput daily for Tue 9th May, 2006
CNNMoney: “Silicon Graphics Inc., a struggling maker of high-performance business computers, Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a round of restructuring measures failed, sending its shares plunging”.
Paul Kedrosky: “The PC companies nuked DEC and the minicomputer companies, and then Sun blew up SGI (sort of), and now Google is giving Microsoft fits. It’s very rare, however, that one of those incumbents successfully fights back, making Schwartz’s job at Sun look tough, and making the Microsoft’s struggles with Google all the more painful”.
The press release from SGI.
NewYorkTimes: “Warner Brothers plans to announce today that it will make hundreds of movies and television shows available for purchase over the Internet using BitTorrent software”.
The Warner Bros Bit Torrent news makes the top of Techmeme.