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From: farber@udel.EDU (Dave Farber)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: Greg Chesson's Protocol Engine technology sold by SGI
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Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 06:51:09 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 14 06:51:09 1987
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In article <21255@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu (Erik E. Fair) writes:
>
>		S I L I C O N   G R A P H I C S
>		S E L L S   T E C H   P R O J E C T
>
>	Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Inc. of Mountain View
>	said it has sold right to a year-old technology development
>	project to Santa Barbara-based Protocol Engines Inc. The
>	price was not disclosed. The so-called protocol engine
>	technology includes a set of semiconductor chips that the
>	company expects to help bring about much faster data
>	communications networks.
>
>I'd appreciate it if someone at SGI (preferably Mr. Chesson himself)
>would comment on both the state of the project, and the reasons for
>the sale of the technology. Since I've never heard of Protocol Engines
>Inc. before, I surmise that this is actually a joint venture between
>SGI and some unknown number of other companies.
>
>Followups have been directed to comp.protocols.misc.
>
>	submitted For Your Information,
>
>	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu



The more interesting question is what happened to the open nature
of the engine. Many times he said that the results were to be non 
propriertary. I wonder how many people are slightly unhappy with 
that change of pace. Sounds like SGI could not resist the temptation
to sell it.

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