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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by 29athrowaway on Monday October 10, 2022 @11:12PM (#33159090)
Sun and SGI were once profitable but once Linux gained traction it was over.

They had no option to be assimilated by the Borg.

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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by adfm on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:02AM (#33159388)
Cheap OpenGL hardware, from what I recall.
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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by pjmlp on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:10AM (#33160015)
Ironically they were contributors to their own downfall.
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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by toyg on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:33AM (#33160791)
That was a last-gasp attempt to regain relevancy. It really looked desperate, there was no real business plan behind it and the market could tell.
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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by pjmlp on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:03AM (#33161412)
Your're missing their contributions to run Linux on their hardware, back when it wasn't seen as a danger to their bottom line.
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Re:VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New... by actionfromafar on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:34AM (#33161617)
I recall SGI were eaten more by Windows NT + off the shelf OpenGL graphics card than Linux. (But Linux also, of course. All non display output which was ran on SGI/Irix could be ran cheaper on Linux.)
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